Night Club Dancer Tina Marshall Harlem 1953
Nice photograph of night club dancer Tina Marshall of Harlem seated in her custom, Harlem, New York 1953.
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The Dominican Film Festival Honors Kiki Melendez
The Dominican Film Festival in New York will host its Second Annual Spring Soiree on May 7th at Vacca Lounge in Washington Heights, New York.Continue reading
Exclusive: Harlem Girl Monifah Premieres ‘One Moment’ (Video)
R&B Diva Monifa raised in East Harlem released her new music single video today "One Moment", from her upcoming 2015 independent album “Invincible”.Continue reading
Lynda Ireland, Former President & CEO, NY & NJ MSDC, Has Died
Lynda Ireland, the former president and CEO of the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) and considered one of the nation’s leading advocates in M/WBE business development, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital of New Brunswick, NJ at age 67 on March 27 following a long illness.Continue reading
Harlem’s Inez Dickens And Black Institute Unveil Business Report At City Hall
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Harlem City Council Inez Dickens, the Black Institute President Bertha Lewis, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke, Mount Neboh Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Johnnie M. Green Jr., Assemblyman Michael Blake; and other Council Members Kallos, Cumbo, and Eugene, minority business owners representing construction, financial services, and other sectors.Continue reading
Car Theft In Central Harlem
On Thursday, April 2nd at 7:19 PM there was a theft of a car at 5th Avenue and Duke Ellington Circle in Central Harlem, New York.Continue reading
Harlem United Supports Gov Coumo’s Budget
Harlem United today acknowledged the significant investments in health, housing and human services Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have made in the SY2015-2016 budget. Continue reading
Ubangi Club, Harlem, New York, 1934-1937
Gay Harlem writes that the once known Harlem Club and the Harlem Tavern, the speakeasy re-opened as the Ubangi Club in (April) 1934. It was located on 131st Street and 7th Avenue. Continue reading
Cowperthwait & Sons Store “The Oldest Furniture Business In America”, 1902
Here's a photograph taken during a snowy winter day of the Cowperthwait & Sons store facing south at 2212 to 2224 East 121th Street at 3rd Avenue, in East Harlem, NY,1902.Continue reading
Richard B. Moore, The Caribbean Militant Of Harlem 1893–1978
Richard Benjamin Moore, 1893–1978, was an African-Caribbean civil rights activist and prominent communist. He was also one of the advocates of the term African American as opposed to Negro.Continue reading
Young Jewish Boy, Harlem, 1960’s
A young black Jewish boy one of The Commandment Keepers at the Harlem Synagogue in Harlem, New York, 1960's.Continue reading
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.,’s Congressional Hearing On Harlem Street, NY, 1965
A photo of the first street Congressional Hearing of the Education and Labor Committee organized by Chairman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., in Harlem, New York, Jul 26, 1965.Continue reading
Disaster Relief For Small Businesses In Harlem
Both the federal and state governments have made disaster declarations with respect to the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the State of New York. Continue reading
