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“As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from.”

Ifs Long My Own Trouble New York Mines Window Georgia Harlem

Book:The Early Simple Stories

Source: The Early Simple Stories

“Melting pot Harlem-Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall. Dusky dream Harlem rumbling into a nightmare tunnel where the subway from the Bronx keeps right on downtown.”

Dream New York Nightmare Chocolate Pot Honey Tunnels Melting Subway Lemons Downtown Harlem Bronx Vinegar Melting Pot Limes Rum Caramel

Book:Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs

Source: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs

“Eric Walrond, handsome, cosmopolitan, and beguilingly enigmatic, may have been the most promising literary talent of the Harlem Renaissance.... James Davis's finely written, beautifully paced Eric Walrond is a major biography of a fascinating figure.”

May Has Beens Written Talent Figures Majors Fascinating Biographies Handsome Renaissance Eric Harlem Enigmatic Harlem Renaissance

Author:David Levering Lewis

“In the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem ... I was tormented. I felt caged, like an animal. I wanted to escape. I felt if I did not get out I would slowly strangle.”

Ifs Wanted Felt Animal Invincible Harlem Indescribable Caged Squalor

Author:James A. Baldwin

“Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.”

World Views Harlem Ymca

Author:Constance Baker Motley

“Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corner in Harlem or in a little town in Kansas where nothing happens, it's all out there for them. They can do whatever they dream or wish or see on television, or read about in the papers.”

Feels Kind Littles Dream Happens Kids Wish Can Do Streets Television Paper Towns Corners Things Happen Papers Kansas Harlem Street Corners Little Towns

Author:James Brolin

“Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.”

Play Streets West Indian Prophet Riot Harlem

Author:Debbie Allen