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For almost 20 years, she’s kept a close watch on piles of leaky garbage bags, small gaps in the curbs, and oil stains on the sidewalks—all signs of a possible rodent incursion. On a humid morning in mid-June, Bragdon hits the pavement in the Harlem rat mitigation zone, the latest...
Race During The Harlem Renaissance: Uniformity In America Race during the Harlem Renaissance was a major issue. Race determined everything from what restaurant people ate at to what water fountain a person can drink out of.The novel tells a story of Clare and Irene who are passing in the 192...
her short story, “Sweat,” are just a few by Hurston that highlight the language of the community she depicts. Hurston’s use of idiomatic language, as noted by writer Neal A. Lester, “…exalts an African tradition of storytelling over what Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer calls “...
. What is interesting about that is that in western music when we use modes it is an exploration into what we can do as melody makers, with maqam it is essentially giving a more definite path for the improvisor rather than some divine inspiration. As the west began to influence the ...
Skills went "through the roof" being in the room with great writers. Had "interview" with UTA, thought she was being interviewed. "The longer I have done this, the more I realize how hard it is to run a show. And it's really easy to see who does it well and who doesn't." "...
“This particular collection is dedicated to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and its influence on the one that’s happening now,” says Collins, citing a cultural rebirth within the community, where he lives in a historic brownstone. ...
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1966 July 5 - To finance the settlement of a transit strike, subway and bus fares increase from 15 cents to 20 cents.1967 July 6 - The Ford Foundation grants $135,000 to three school districts to experiment with "community control" in East Harlem, the Lower East Side, and Ocean Hill-...