J. Raymond Jones was born on November 19, 1899, in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. He moved to Harlem, New York in 1917 and became involved with politics, serving as an election inspector in 1921. Continue Reading →
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Join The Reunion Celebration Of The Riverton Houses’ 70th Anniversary In Harlem
During the summer of 1972, a group men and women who spent a significant part of their childhood and adolescent years in the Riverton Houses in Harlem decided to have an old-timers basketball reunion in the Riverton Playground. Continue Reading →
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