Commissioner Pauline Toole and Executive Director, Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, discuss the upcoming release of “the Conditions in Harlem Revisited: From the 1936 Mayor’s Commission Report to Today" with host Danny Tisdale, on The Harlem World Magazine Show Podcast.
Continue readingWith Roots In Harlem, The Return Engagement Of “I Just Want To Tell Somebody” PostPoned
With the actor suffering from acute laryngitis, Theater for the New City (TNC) has been forced to postpone the return engagement of Ronald "Smokey" Stevens in his one-man, two-character production, "I Just Want to Tell Somebody."
Continue readingSponsored Love: Madam C. J. Walker’s Great-Great Granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles Talks Inspirations Old And New
Harlem World Magazine spoke to A’Lelia Bundles, the Great-Great Granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, about her fabulous history and some of the projects she's working on these days.
Continue readingThe Amazing Mr. Fisher, Physician, Radiologist, Novelist, Dramatist, Orator, And Harlemite, 1897-1934
The Legendary Southern Syncopated Orchestra, Founded By Strivers Row Resident Will Marion Cook, 1919-1921
Southern Syncopated Orchestra (SSO), 1919-1921, was established first in the U.S. as the New York Syncopated Orchestra based in Harlem.
Continue readingHarlem Legend, Hannah Elias, The Richest Black Woman In The World, 1864-1938
Hannah Elias, born c. 1865-1938, was a Harlem, NY sex worker and landlord who became one of the richest Black women in the world during her lifetime.
Continue readingHarlem’s Nicholas Schenck Russian-American Film Studio Executive And Businessman, 1880-1969
Nicholas M. Schenck, 14 November 1880 – 4 March 1969, was a Harlem Russian-American film studio executive and businessman.
Continue reading“Harlem’s Coney Island,” The Fort George Amusement Park In New York, 1894
Fort George Amusement Park was a trolley park and amusement park that operated in Washington Heights and Inwood, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Continue readingHarlem’s Edward Austin Johnson, The First African-American Member Of The New York State Legislature, 1864 – 1944
Harlem’s Royal Hurlburt Weller Served As A Democrat In The Nineteenth Assembly And Congressional District, 1881-1929
Royal Hurlburt Weller, July 2, 1881 – March 1, 1929, was a Harlem Assembly and Congressional representative from Harlem, New York.
Continue readingThe Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) Of Harlem, New York, 1860 – 1941
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage on Amsterdam Avenue between 136th and 138th Streets in Harlem, New York.
Continue readingInspector General Makes Public Historical Letters From 2014 Ensuring New Yorkers’ Faith In Their Government
The Offices of the New York State Inspector General (“OIG”) today published 29 previously non-public letters arising from investigations undertaken by the agency in 2014.
Continue readingInwood’s Waterfront Held A Series Of Boathouses, Including Two Owned By Harlem’s Columbia University
“Conditions In Harlem Revisited” Conference At The Schomburg In Harlem
Join us in-person or online for a one-day conference to consider the 1936 Mayor’s Commission report on Conditions in Harlem and to ponder, what if?
Continue readingHWM Pick: “Rediscovering Lost Values” Speech By Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr., (Video)
We heard this powerful speech about "Rediscovering Lost Values" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the King Institute at Stanford University, we thought we would share it with you.
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