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02647aam a2200493 a 4500 001 CD2A2A02495111E0AF8682AF6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 100624s2011 nyuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2010026163 020 $a 031601723X 020 $a 9780316017237 035 $a (OCoLC)548642166 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d NSB $d IK2 $d BWX $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a F128.68.H3 $b R48 2011 050 00 $a F128.68.H3 $b R48 2011 100 1 $a Rhodes-Pitts, Sharifa. 245 1 $a Harlem is nowhere : $b a journey to the Mecca of Black America / $c Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Little, Brown, $c 2011. 300 $a 296 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286) and index. 505 0 $a A colony of their own -- Into the city of refuge -- Searching for the underground city -- Harlem dream books -- Messages -- Land is the basis of all independence -- Back to Carolina -- We march because. 520 $a For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, the author untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. Examining the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, she introduces us to a wide variety of characters, past and present. At the heart of their stories, and her own, is the hope carried over many generations, hope that Harlem would be the ground from which blacks fully entered America's democracy. 651 0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $x History. 651 0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $v Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New York $z New York $x History. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New York $z New York $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a City and town life $z New York $z New York $x History. 650 0 $a Community life $z New York $z New York $x History. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Biography. 941 $a 7 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724070028.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20171214015144.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418081907.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825080827.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160108010447.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512012348.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110308010825.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD2A2A02495111E0AF8682AF6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search