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Harlem During Her Renaissance

• The Independent, 1921 •

The excitement that was 1920’s Harlem can clearly be felt in this article by the journalist and Congregational minister, Rollin Lynde Hartt:

“Greatest Negro city in the world, it boasts magnificent Negro churches, luxurious Negro apartment houses, vast Negro wealth, and a Negro population of 130,000…”

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Harlem During Her Renaissance

• The Independent, 1921 •