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Description of  Race Capital?: Harlem as Setting and Symbol

For close to a century, Harlem has been the iconic black neighborhood widely seen as the heart of African American life and culture, both celebrated as the vanguard of black self-determination and lamented as the face of segregation. But with Harlems demographic, physical, and commercial landscapes rapidly changing, the neighborhoods status as a setting and symbol of black political and cultural life looks uncertain. As debate swirls around Harlems present and future, Read more