Monday, February 07, 2011

Dreams and Reality Forever Intertwined in Harlem


Harlem has served as an incubator both for African-American optimism and for ongoing racial conflict. In her first book, Harlem Is Nowhere, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts writes of a Harlem where legacies of triumph and misfortune in America still duel. The reality, she finds, is somewhere in between.

More can be found at NPR, here.

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