A Cole Easter in Harlem
They were dressed to the nines! After all, it was Sunday in Harlem. Harlemites were known to dress their best, in the finest materials, and in the latest of styles for the Sunday afternoon fashion parades on the avenues. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem history, Historic Harlem, History
Tagged Abyssinian Baptist Church, Best Man Ed Coles (groom's brother), Carole "Cookie" Lane, Charlotte Hawkins-Brown, Duke Ellington, easter, Edward Coles, Irving Ashby, Isaac Coles, Isaac Coles (groom's brother), Matron of Honor Mrs. Charlotte (Herbert) Charity (bride's sister), Mingo Hawkins, Mingo Hawkins (father of the bride), Mrs. Carol (Kenneth) Lane (bride's youngest sister), Mrs. Elaine (Bill) Robinson, Mrs. Evelyn (Mercer) Ellington (Duke Ellington's daughter in law), Mrs. Leveda (Edward) Lewis (cousin of the bride), Mrs. Pauline (John) Miller, Nat King Cole, Palmer Memorial Institute, Perlina Coles, the bride and groom, The Correct Thing
Posted in Boxing, Harlem, Harlem sports, Harlem World, Harlem World Magazine, Sports
Tagged Boxing, Concord Hotel, Cotton Club, Dewitt Clinton High School, Dorothy Dandridge and Eartha Kitt, Edna Mae Holly, fighting, Frank Sinatra, Harlem, Harlem business, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem World Magazine, International Boxing Hall of Fame, Jackie Gleason, Jake LaMotta, Joe Louis, Nat King Cole, New York City, Rep. Charles Rangel, Sports, Sugar Ray, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson Way, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacr
Chrisette Michele channels Nat King Cole.
In the dim but perfectly lit basement of Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster, the room is buzzing with energy. Continue reading
The New York Times published a piece on Sugar Ray Robinson and his glory days in Harlem. And the UpTownFlavor ran this piece, so we thought it might be cool to look back over some Sugar Ray’s favorite places to hang out in Harlem. Continue reading
In the summer of 1938, Jake Powell, a journeyman Yankees outfielder, talked his way into trouble. During a pregame radio interview at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Powell said he spent the off-season as a police officer in Dayton, Ohio. Then, using a racial slur, he said he stayed in shape by hitting blacks over the head with his nightstick.
Powell was never a police officer in Dayton, but that was beside the point. His remark set off an uproar, even at a time when the Yankees and other major league teams did not field black ballplayers.
The Yankees’ front office, including Manager Joe McCarthy, tried to make light of Powell’s comment. But realizing that Harlem’s blacks represented a good chunk of their game-day patrons, the Yankees sought to quell the public-relations nightmare by reaching out to Bill Robinson, the popular black dancer nicknamed Bojangles. Robinson was known as the honorary mayor of Harlem as well as the Yankees’ No. 1 fan. Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Bojangles, Harlem, Jake Powell, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, segregated, Yankees
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