# Negro life in New York's Harlem

Author: Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934; Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951 [Editor]

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73870

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Negro+life+in+New+York%27s+Harlem+Thurman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Harlem has been called the Mecca of the New Negro, the center of black America’s cultural renaissance, Nigger Heaven, Pickaninny Paradise, Capitol of Black America, and various other things. It has been surveyed and interpreted, explored and exploited. It has had its day in literature, in the drama, even in the tabloid press. It is considered the most popular and interesting section of contemporary New York. Its fame is international; its personality individual and inimitable. There is no Negro settlement anywhere comparable to Harlem, just as there is no other metropolis comparable to New York. As the great south side black belt of Chicago spreads and smells with the same industrial clum...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/negro-life-in-new-york-s-harlem-73870/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/negro-life-in-new-york-s-harlem-73870/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/negro-life-in-new-york-s-harlem-73870/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/negro-life-in-new-york-s-harlem-73870/chapters/4/index.md)