HW Pick Archives - Harlem World Magazine

HW Pick: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” (Video)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered this speech speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, nine years after he was stabbed in Harlem, NY in 1958. Continue reading

HW Pick: The New York City Draft Riots Of 1863

In September of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. It would take effect January 1, 1863, and free slaves in areas of the nation still in rebellion against the Union.Continue reading

Mr. Gregory “On My Way To Harlem” Porter On That NPR Music Tiny Desk (Video)

We fell in love with brotha Gregory Porter's music a few years ago with his hit “On My Way To Harlem.”Continue reading

HW Pick: Historical Newspapers Edited By Frederick Douglass Now Online

Newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 and became a voice for abolitionists as a journalist, orator, and author, have been digitized and are now available online from the Library of Congress.Continue reading

HW Pick: Seagram’s Escapes Presents A Limited-Edition Summer Only Variety Pack

Seagram's Escapes presents a limited-edition variety pack: Red, White, & Boom - only available for summer! Continue reading

HW Pick: Measure Of A Man, From Auschwitz Survivor To Presidents’ Tailor (Video)

He's been called "America's greatest living tailor" is in New York and "the most interesting man in the world." Now, for the first time, Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield tells his incredible life story.Continue reading

HW Pick: Tay Iwar, Nigeria’s Teddy Riley

Tay Iwar, one of most influential in the new age of Nigerian music, has partnered with Soulection to release his debut album 'Gemini.' Continue reading

HW Pick: “Guilty Until Proven Guilty,” The Issue Of Criminal Just-Us Reform

Guilty Until Proven Guilty explores Louisiana’s criminal justice system through the story of Tim Conerly, a young African-American man who was arrested in the wake of an armed robbery in New Orleans and waited 28 months for a trial for a crime he says he did not commit.Continue reading

HW Pick: Sconehenge, Some Of The Best Scones In The World Of Harlem

You know we love to talk about what we love, we love everything in Harlem and then there is the rest of the world, and the Scone Hedge English Tea Scones by Sconehenge Bakery & Cafe are incredibly light and scrumptious (especially the mixed berry)!Continue reading

Harlem Fave Morris Chestnut Knows “The Enemy Within,” And Talks About It At BUILD

In the character-based psychological thriller, "The Enemy Within," Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter) is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as one of the most notorious traitors in recent American history serving life in a Supermax prison.Continue reading

HW Pick: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” (Video)

HW Pick: The New York City Draft Riots Of 1863

Mr. Gregory “On My Way To Harlem” Porter On That NPR Music Tiny Desk (Video)

HW Pick: Historical Newspapers Edited By Frederick Douglass Now Online

HW Pick: Seagram’s Escapes Presents A Limited-Edition Summer Only Variety Pack

HW Pick: Measure Of A Man, From Auschwitz Survivor To Presidents’ Tailor (Video)

HW Pick: Tay Iwar, Nigeria’s Teddy Riley

HW Pick: “Guilty Until Proven Guilty,” The Issue Of Criminal Just-Us Reform

HW Pick: Sconehenge, Some Of The Best Scones In The World Of Harlem

Harlem Fave Morris Chestnut Knows “The Enemy Within,” And Talks About It At BUILD

HW Pick: Men’s Off-White C/O Virgil Abloh Sneakers 2018

Only Known Surviving Muslim American Slave Autobiography Goes Online At The Library Of Congress

HW Pick: National Sawdust Honors Jessye Norman To Benefit Sissieretta Jones

HW Pick: Become An Owner of “Becoming Michelle Obama,” An Amazon #1 Author

HW Pick: “Amazing Grace,” World Premiere Of Legendary Aretha Franklin Concert Doc In NYC