Carolyn, Author at Harlem World Magazine

Otto Huiswoud, First Black Member Of The US Communist Movement 1893 – 1961

Otto Eduard Geradus Majelia Huiswoud,1893 - 1961, was a Suriname-born political activist who was a charter member of the Communist Party of America in Harlem, NY.Continue reading

The Legendary Harlem Opera House On 125th Street, Harlem, NY, 1889 – 1959

The Harlem Opera House (a Loew’s house) was a US opera house located at 211 West 125th Street in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

The Baby Grand, Harlem, NY, 1953-1960’s (Update)

The Baby Grand Bar at 319 West 125th Street (between St. Nicholas and 8th avenue), opened in 1953, it was a saloon with a bright mural of a piano above the door and a rich Art Deco décor. Continue reading

Baseball’s Satchel Paige With The New York Black Yankees In Harlem, 1941

With complete swagger in motion is one of baseball’s most charismatic cats, Satchel Paige. After he played baseball in Puerto Rico with the Brujos de Guayama (the Guayama Witch Doctors) he moved to New York City. Continue reading

“Small Talk At 125th And Lenox,” 1970, By Gil Scott-Heron (Video)

By John Bush A New Black Poet, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, also known simply as Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, is the debut album of soul music and jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron, released in 1970 on Flying Dutchman Records. Continue reading

Harlem’s James Reese Europe Invented Jazz, Was The Martin Luther King Of Music, 1881 – 1919

James Reese Europe, 22, February 1881 – 9 May 1919, was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.Continue reading

Pilot Lands On St. Nicholas Avenue, 1956

Surprise airplane landings always make headlines. Who will forget Capt. Chesley Sullenberger steering a US Airways jetliner onto the Hudson River in 2009? Continue reading

Harlem’s Legendary Earl ‘Snakehips’ Tucker (Video)

Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, 1905 – 1937, became known as the "Human Boa Constrictor" after the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s called the "snakehips (Dance)".Continue reading

John James Audubon In Central Harlem, 1785 – 1851

John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon), April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851, was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. Continue reading

Oscar Hammerstein I Builder Of The Harlem Opera House 1847-1919

The legendary Oscar Hammerstein I, 8 May 1847 – 1 August 1919, was a businessman, theater impresario and composer in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

The Negro Motorist “Green Book” 1949, By Harlem’s Victor H. Green

This is new to us: The Negro Motorist Green Book is the subject of today's "Little-Known Black History Fact." The Negro Motorist Green Book was a publication released in 1936 that served as a guide for African-American travelers.Continue reading

15 Tips For Thrift Shopping In Harlem

Shopping at Thrift stores in Harlem is a great way to extend your budget and save money. There is always an alternative to paying full retail price.Continue reading

Elder Clayhorn Martin ‘The Barefoot Prophet,’ In Harlem 1851-1937

Elder Clayborn Martin or Clayhorn Martin, "The Barefoot Prophet." Martin had been born a slave in Virginia in 1851. Continue reading

The Schinasi Mansion In Harlem, 1891

America was the land of opportunity to Mussa Schinasi and his brother Solomon when the two men built their Schinasi Mansion in Harlem at 351 Riverside Drive at 107th Street in 1891. Continue reading

Schinasi Brothers Cigarette Factory, Harlem 1904 –

In 1904 this cigarette factory at 309-11 West 120th Street in Harlem was made the superior high-quality cigarettes made from expensive imported Turkish tobacco.Continue reading