Calling all storytellers, writers, wordsmiths, English majors, history buffs, and anyone who wants to celebrate the many inspiring women who have made a difference in our lives: you’re invited to write them into history! Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: History
How Enslavers Silenced Black Bodies Of The Enslaved Physically, As The Enslaved Yelled On The Inside (1 Of 4)
By Daseta Gray
At its best Psychoanalysis is about courage, the courage to explore uncomfortable terrain. The analyst and the analysand embark on a journey together. Continue Reading →
Learn More About Where You Came From
It isn’t common for your average person to not know much about their family history beyond a few generations. Continue Reading →
Join Jackie Row Adams, Silvia Halkin And Others To Celebrate Uptown’s John James Audubon Birthday
You’re invited to attend the Riverside Oval Association’s annual birthday party for John James Audubon, our neighborhood’s most famous past resident, this Saturday, May 4, at 3-5 p.m. Continue Reading →
The Old Bang Gasoline Station At Morningside And 124th Street In Harlem, 1940’s
A beautiful black and white photograph (looking south) of the old Bang Gasoline Station between 123rd and 124th Streets and Morningside Avenue in Harlem, New York, we think the photograph was taken sometime around the 1940s. Continue Reading →
Harlem Street Style, NY 1940’s By Cristobal Balenciaga
We love this timeless photograph taken by luxury fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga of a Harlem man with Harlem style impeccably dressed strolling on a Harlem street during the 1940’s. Continue Reading →
The History Of The Harlem World Club (video)
Today, the old Harlem World Club building is a Conway’s on 116th and Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue), but it was also the place for the drugstore chain Woolworth. But more importantly, from 1978 to 1985, it was the home of legendary disco, The Harlem World Club. Continue Reading →