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Today, Judith Jamison the former principal dancer and director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Co., was baptized at Harlem's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church. To the stirring voices of the choir singing, "Take me to the Water," Miss Jamison was submerged in the church's baptismal pool to the thunderous and sustained applause of an approving congregation and visiting members of the Ailey

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There's a show that's headed for New YorkCome with me, Go and see!!!!Stephen Sondhein to the contrary, the folks Uptown, and in Harlem are looking forward to the arrival of Porgy and Bess on Broadway with great excitement. So, we were delighted to see the above photograph showing Porgy, Bess and their friends from Catfish Row all gathered and in a celebratory sprit at one of Harlem's favorite

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Father Gregory Chisholm, S.J, was installed as pastor of St. Charles Borromeo in Harlem this past Sunday, December 4th. He previously served as a pastor in Oakland, Calif., for five years and was a parish administrator in Los Angeles for six years before that. He was a professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, 1994-1998. He was ordained for the Society of Jesus in 1993.His interests include

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Music is the Weapon of the Future - FelaIt's not hard to imagine how empowering the image of Malcolm X, armed at the ready was for African American's not so quick to totally embrace the non-violent philosophy promoted by Rev Martin Luther King in the early 1960's. It's clear too, that the image was designed to intimidate and enrage the likes of the FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover and others in

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Sly today and circa 1960's Sylvester "Sly" Stewart, The Sly & the Family Stone frontman, known for such hits in the lte '60s and early '70s as "Dance to the Music," "Everyday People" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," is currently homeless, and living in a van in Los Angeles' rough-and-tumble Crenshaw district, according to a report co-written by Stone documentarian William Alkema for

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Barnard faculty and students unearth history in Central Park excavation project July 28, 2011 At the Seneca Village Project excavation site in Central Park, from left to right: Meredith Linn, adjunct assistant professor of Urban Studies, student intern Julianne Maedo '12, anthropology professor Nan Rothschild and student intern Madeline Landry '13 . This summer, an excavation project has been

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Marcus Garvey Park HARLEM PRIDE celebrationManhattan Boro Pres. Stringer, NYS Senator Perkins & NYC Councilman DauneFor the 3rd year Harlem One Stop has served to promote Gay Pride Uptown! through an exciting online calendar and listing of events and programs, which have met with much success, thanks in large measure to the support of uptown's LGBT community. As a part of this effort we've

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UPPER WEST SIDE — Columbia University educates top-notch brains, but a century ago, the campus of the Ivy League school was a haven for a different type of mind — the mentally-ill.Hobbyist historian Michael Susi spoke on the prestigious school's unusual history Thursday at the American Youth Hostel, at 891 Amsterdam Ave.Susi, a 48-year-old administrator at Columbia University, collects vintage

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Clarice Taylor,the stage and screen vet who found her greatest fame playing Bill Cosby's mom, Anna Huxtable, on The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 93.However, long before she was known to the world as "Cosby's" mother she was known to Harlemites as a sociable neighbor of Hamilton Terrace. Besides a neighborly spirit she also encouraged African Americans in particular to move and buy homes in

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Residence: 108-10 West 136th Street (Demolished)The daughter of slaves, who was born in 1867, is widely considered the nation's first female African-American millionaire. Walker earned renown for her business savvy, her philanthropy - and her socialite daughter, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.The two generations of Walker women shared a W. 136th St. street sign after a City Hall

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The singer Joi arrived in Harlem from Atlantalast weekend for two amazing late-night shows at theNEW Apollo Music Cafe located on the Apollo Theater soundstage. One entered the cafe from a side door under the Apollo's marquee and up a flight of steps that made one feel the experience was akin to that of climbing the steps to Harlem's Cotton Club under the marquee of what was then the old Douglas

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Bobby Robinson (1917-2011) Funeral Services United House of Prayer for All PeopleFrederick Douglass Blvd. at 125th StreetThursday, January 13, 2011Harlem bids farwell to a local music legend. BOBBY ROBINSON, whose tiny record shop on Harlem's 125th St. spawned No. 1 national hits and made him an uptown patriarch for six decades, died yesterday. He was 93 and had been ill for several years -

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They say age is just a number.Oh, but what a NUMBER!" - Gloria Lynne Gloria Lynne gave a performance at the Langston Hughes Auditorium of the Schomburg Center last night that will long be remembered in the hearts and minds of those in attendance as a legendary musical moment!A Harlem talent by birth, Gloria Lynne was born at Harlem Hospital an under-weight 3lb baby, grew-up on 135th Street and

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Bring friends, bringchildren, and bringfoot spray because it’s gonna be funky. - Prince Purple Reigned...PRINCE headed to Harlem to the iconic Apollo Theater to announce he would be serving as Master of Ceremonies for a new concert series called ‘Welcome 2 America,’ which will be kickingoff this December. Though he was mum on details like dates and tour stops, the 52 year-old singer/songwriter

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Headed down the Westside Highway from 125th Street this weekend Harlem One Stop was surprised and intrigued to find a series of driftwood forms that resemble everything from the bleached remains of some ancient dinosaur, to the structural remnants of a former Robinson Crusoe encampment, or more possibly, the primitive sculptural totems from a recently departed reality show!In any case, they serve

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September 14, 2010 through January 3, 2011Museum of the City of New YorkFifth Avenue & 104th Street Harlem One Stop...highly recommends this spectacular show!Jean SchlumbergerTrophee de Vaillance fourteen-karat white gold, platinum, enamel, diamond, amethyst, and ruby clip broochcigarette lighter, items worn & used by Diana VreelandZolotas yellow gold flower brooch,worn by Jacqueline Kennedy

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Photographer, Bill Cunningham, has an eye for fashion, along with a unique access and ability to read its pulse any day of the week, rain or shine on the streets of New York City. Cunningham also, was one of the first to recognize and document through his photographs the beat African Americans contributed to that fashion pulse and influence.He's acknowledged, that it was the election of David

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According to recent news, it appears that the state of Hawaii is about to pass a law to stave off having to respond to the endless wave of inquires about Obama's birth certificate information.The media's continued lopsided presentation of this argument reflects on why the so called "birthers" continue to believe they have a case at all.Publishers like the Associated Press write articles

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Upon viewingTom Ford's film,"A Single Man" setin the 1960's I was struck not only by its success at capturing the period's fashion, style and manners, but also its spot on grasp of the era's popular sound.

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It's Lick it... Suck it... Bite it Nightat Melodia Lounge in Washington Heights. So, what to wear! Aftera NightofJelloShots Ladiescheer asbuff mencast asideclothes &fashsionfor... Melodia's 1:00 AM Male Revue!

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George Clinton has not been without color in his hair for a single day since he put in the extensions back in 1983.At the time, he said,"until he had a hit record, he had to have a hit hairdo,... 'so people don't forget about me." Milton Glaser: The Dylan emerged from two very different conventions.One is the memory echo I had of a silhouette self-portrait that Marcel Duchamps cut out of paper. I

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As many of you may now know, Pat Robertsonrecently declared that Haiti's plight of poverty andthe country's recent earthquake can be traced backto their, "pact to the devil" to gain liberation fromthe French in the 1800's. There's no labeling the French colonial rulers sinnersfor their enslavement and murder of Haitians while pillaging the island's resources, or mention that Haiti's successful

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“Suffer the hurts, but don’t show the anger, because if you do, it will block you from being able to effectively do anything to remove the hurts.” - Percy SuttonBy Douglas Martin / New York Times - December 27, 2009Percy E. Sutton, a pioneering figure who represented Malcolm X as a young lawyer and became one of the nation’s most prominent black political and business leaders, died in a Manhattan

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Born on Columbus Day 1919, Doris “Dorie” Miller grew up in Waco, Texas, where he played fullback on the high school football team. In September 1939, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a mess attendant, third class. The following January he was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia and soon became the ship’s heavyweight boxing champion. Miller was aboard the West Virginia at Pearl Harbor

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Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89.He died Tuesday in New York City, his daughter Wendy DeCarava said. The cause was not given.DeCarava (pronounced Dee-cuh-RAH-vah) photographed Harlem during the 1940s, '50s and'60s with an insider's view of the subway stations,

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President Obama said, "My administration is committed to economic recovery, pushing the boundaries of science and space exploration and investing in the future of arts and the humanities, and these individuals will serve my team well as we work to accomplish these goals. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead."Mary Schmidt Campbell, Vice Chairman, President's Committee

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By Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times- September 2, 2009She made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist. During her heyday in the 1940s, she toured with Tharpe and sang duets with her, the best known being 'Up Above My Head' and 'Didn't It Rain.' Marie Knight, a gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with gospel-music star Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the late 1940s and made a noteworthy

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UPDATE: Rhonda Ross-Kendrick gave birth to a baby boyRaif-Henok Emmanuel KendrickThe new Mom was recently quoted as saying; "I am completely in love with my newborn son, Raif. I knew I was going to be. I’ve wanted to be a mother for a long time, but –like most parents– the depth and scope of my love for this child simply takes my breath away. My husband and I are loving every minute of it!"

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Though he's facing critics in Washington over financial improprieties, Rep. Charles Rangel got nothing but love at home Saturday."I'm here to show support for my brother," said former Mayor David Dinkins who was among 75 local politicians, church leaders and union members who rallied for Rangel in Harlem."He's a very powerful member of Congress, and they would like to take him down. But that's

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I happened to be in Philadelphia a couple weeks ago when I first got a glimpsed of the American Express promotion of Harlem's, Mojo Restaurant with the actress S Epatha Merkerson. Since then Harlem One Stop has had numerous inquires and the hits on our site for the restaurant have skyrocketed. If you haven't seen the commercial, take a look, if you haven't been to Mojo's we suggest you check it

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It's Barack Obama's48th Birthday, but rather than take a day off with the family, he has scheduled a working lunch with Senate Democrats at the White House. Among the topics they are likely to discuss are health care, the economy and energy legislation.Mr. President,HARLEM sends a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA! As a birthday note to the "Birther's" and theirspirited debating over President Obama's birth

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The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, the flamboyant minister better known as the Reverend Ike, who preached the blessings of material prosperity to a large congregation in New York and to television and radio audiences nationwide, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, where he had lived since 2007. He was 74.His death was confirmed Wednesday by E. Bernard Jordan, a family spokesman. Reverend Ike had

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If you've shopped Harlem's B. Oyama Homme,2330 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard then you know that its owner, Bernard Oyama has always provided the best apparel and haberdashery adviceon dressing for success. Well, sartorially speaking, the shoe is now on the other foot as Oyama throws his hat in the ring of Gabonese presidential politics. And why not? ...after all what other politician can

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Currently, the internet is abuzz with talk of Katie Holmes' television appearance on,"So, You Think You Can Dance?" Making a surprise appearanceon the show Holmes performed a rendition of the famed Judy Garland musical number,"Get Happy" from the 1950's film, "Summer Stock."In our search of the internet the Harlem Eye spotted several other rendtions of the song and dance number, including

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Photo Forensics Link Harvard ProfessorTo Famed African American Males Yesterday, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested in his tracks just outside his home after the police were alerted by Gate’s neighbor who called them upon observing "two black males with backpacks" at the front door. The two men, Gates and his driver, were trying to force open the door to Gates' home after it had

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She grew up poor, and was homeless for a yearbefore she got her big break in a talent contestat the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. While stilla teenager, she became the vocalist for theChick Webb band, where she sang such hits as"A-Tisket, A-Tasket." She matured into perhaps the mostgifted jazz singer of all, excelling in bop-flavored scat singing , in ballads, and in recorded collections of the songs

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"Coming to Ghana is,for many African Americans,the equivalent of a spiritual journey"CAPE COAST, Ghana July 11, 2009 President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns.Eleven-year-old Malia and eight-year-old Sasha accompanied Obama on a tour of Cape Coast Castle Saturday.Speaking

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'Cool Dude'Obama Rolls Into Vatican To Meet PopePADDY AGNEW in Rome/Irish TimesYou have to hand it to Barack Obama, he is one “cool dude”. Who else could pull into St Peter’s Square in Rome to meet Pope Benedict XVI in a huge stretch limo, complete with tinted windows and wearing a pair of “shades”?As his 54-car convoy pulled into the Vatican, he received the pop star treatment from some of the

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Malcolm Xmade me very strong at a timeI needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence onme.""You have to be taught to be second class; You are not born that way""I told them, I belong to thesame organizations and clubsMrs. Roosevelt belongs to,but with a few brave exceptions,I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years.

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"If you enter this world knowing you areloved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with." "I was a veteran before I was a teenager." Harlemites can view the Memorial Service for Michael Jackson on a JumboTron screen provided for public viewing beginning Tuesday, July 7th at 12:00 noon Location: Adam C. Powell, Jr State Office Bldg

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Harlem One Stop gets endless inquires about all manner of places in Harlem and upper Manhattan.Just recently a Canadian vistor called to see if we could retrace from her description a restaurant she and a friend had wandered into on 116th Street during a recent visit to NYC.She mentioned colorful hookah pipes, great food, coffee and a delightful owner, all of which had Harlem One Stop

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Saturday, March 28, 2009Nhojj at Temple MOn Friday night I visited Temple M, a performance space in a picturesque part of Harlem newly designed by Michel Madie - real estate broker, doctor of veterinary medicine and all-around Renaissance Man. Performing was Guyanese soul singer Nhojj, with Sean & urban spiRitual (their capitalization, not mine) as the warm-up act. Before I get to the music,

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On Easter Sunday, 1939, the contralto Marian Anderson sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.The Daughters of the American Revolution had refused to let her appear at Constitution Hall, Washington’s largest concert venue, because of the color of her skin. In response, Eleanor Rooseveltresigned from the D.A.R., and President Rooseveltgave permission for a concert on the Mall. Seventy-five

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In a recent, "At Home in Harlem" blog entry forthe Huffington Post, Michael Henry Adams the, "writer-historian- activist" laments the shifts and changes in his Harlem life.On, An Avenue Named Convent...in language and perspective reminiscent ofTennessee Williams' Blanche Dubois, reflectingon the loss of her beloved Belle Reve, Mr. Adams weaves a tale, in image and prose, that by his own admission

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Harlem One Stop recieved the following letter seeking our opinion with regard to the effect (if any) tourists are having on the traditional Harlem church experience. The letter was particually timely, as just today, while moving about Harlem with a group of students visiting from Missouri we were amazed to see the large number of tourists to be spotted in front of First Corinthian, Canaan,

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The Washington Post/March 6, 2009Alexander F. RemingtonTHE HARLEM SHAKES are a longtime up-and-coming New York indie rock band. Their energetic live show and fine 2007 debut EP ("Burning Birthdays") won them considerable buzz, but they didn't follow up with a long-player until now. Scheduled for release this month and filled with poppy guitars, synth washes, bouncing lyrics and smiling harmonies,

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Write on RosieThe true story of Harlem songwriter, singer Rose Marie McCoyPerformance:Sunday, March 22, 2009 @ Mother A M E Zion ChurchWest 137th St between 7th and Lenox AvenuesA musical about the incredible journey of a poor black farmer's daugher, who moved to Harlem in 1941 to become a singer and became one of the most sought after songwriters of the 1950's and 60's. This is the true story

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Harlem has had an ongoing affair with whatit affectionately refers to as the 'dam News and its ever fiesty publisher, Bill Tatum.Tatum with wife, Susan (left) and daughter Elinor (right) Funeral Services:The Riverside ChurchFriday, March 6, 2009 - 10:00 AM BY Caitlin Millat DAILY NEWS WRITER / Friday, March 6th 2009, 4:43 PM Today the legendary newsman Wilbert 'Bill' Tatum was laid to rest in a

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84. Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications of Parkinson's disease following a broken hip in November, according to his wife, Francine.Bellson's

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Funeral Services for Joe CubaViewing: R & G Ortiz Funeral Home204 E. 116th Street, between 3rd & 2nd AvenuePhone: 212.722.3512Wednesday, February 18thfrom 2:00pm to 10:00pm Thursday, February 19thfrom 2:00pm to 10:00pmFuneral Mass: Services at St. Paul’s Churchlocated at 213 E. 117th Street, between Park & Lexington.Friday, February, 20th at 11:00amBY Bill Hutchinson/DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERMonday

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John Isaacs, top, in recent photo @2008 and third from left in Harlem "Rens" team photo.It’s with deep sorrow that we report the passing of former star Harlem "Rens" basketball player and community leader John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs. John passed away this morning at the Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx, New York. He had suffered a major stroke last week, from which he never arose. He was 93

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Barack Obama, when recently asked, "who would you pick, to play you in a movie" responded by choosing an actor he said, had ears like his. Above are several "Twins" in appearance and spirit, including Obama's doppelgänger ear mate. From these images and the following clues, try to match up all the "Twins." Good Luck, and respond under comments with your answers. One of the "Misfits"1. Thelma

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CLICK on "Red" Event Titlesto access complete information on events! "Changewill not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for."Barack H. Obama - Inaugural Ceremonies44th President of the United StatesThrough Tuesday, January 20, 2009‘A New Birth of Freedom’—2009 Inaugural Theme Barack H. Obama - Inauguration CeremoniesLive Screening:

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They will not learn, they will not learn,They will not see the scorn their actions earn,Nor empathize, or even show concern for othersAlso wistful to be free.Fine fellows, much like them, or you or me!Who laugh and cry, who love and die, who yearn...Teaching our children to get along, with us,each other and strangers,is perhaps a parent’s hardest but most urgent task. When an older child wants

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Madame,this is the staircaseof the White House... One only has to recall Tina Fey and her recent deadon jabs at Sarah Palin to appreciate the art of a well crafted imitation and its power to amuse. A quick search on Youtube reveals no shortage of others aspiring to Tina Fey's skill. Below are two camp and amusingly personal effortsat Carol Burnett like take-offs of the film, "Sunset Boulevard"

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Another Kennedylooks for Harlem's support!By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press WriterNEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy smiled as she and the civil rights activist made their way through a throng of media and into Sylvia's, whose walls are lined with

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Rosa Parks, the woman who started the boycottof segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala., was onceasked which songs meant the most to her.She replied,"All of the songs Odetta sings." By TIM WEINERPublished: The New York Times/December 3, 2008Odetta, the singer whose resonant voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She

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“Her haunting melodies gave voice to the pain of exile and dislocation"... - Nelson Mandela "I look at an antand I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit." - Miriam MakebaBy ALAN COWELLPublished: The New York Times /November 10, 2008 Miriam Makeba, the South African singer

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For those of us who came of age in the urban America of the 1960's and 70's, Hendrick's portraits are a reminder of the period's pride, energy and style. Those years offered an explosion of black expression and thought, culminating in a commercialism within American popular culture, that came to be known as "Blaxploitation." For the post Malcolm X, X-generation and others untutored in the period,

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The Messenger,1964 American PB edition, Cover: Photograph, author Charles Wright, The Wig, 1966 American HB edition, Cover Design: Milton Glaser, The Wig, 1968 British PB edition, Below: Photograph, author Charles Wright. By BRUCE WEBER/The New York TimesPublished: October 8, 2008Charles Wright, who wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City between 1963 and 1973

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New York has lost one of its sharpest minds, iron wills and gracious hearts. Our dear friend Dorothy Marie Miner passed away Tuesday night.Dorothy served as the counsel for the Landmarks Preservation Commission for two decades, furiously protecting the integrity of the Landmarks Law and guiding the Commission through some of its toughest legal challenges. She played a critical role in the 1978

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Barbara Jordon, Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm and Rosa Parks.If you're on the e-mail list of my brother-in-law or some other chronic blasters of African American humor, news, and rumor, you may find yourself either deleting their messages, unread, or placing them last in the que for review. However, on occasion, there are some that make you take notice. The other day, the subject heading, "

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Photographs by Tony SavinoGiving Obama a leg up!Host Committee members John Reddick, Barbara Alleyne, Hellura Lyle, Richard Cummings Jr., Dale Dobson & Smantha Fennell. Guest Speaker, Dave Pollak, Obama for America NYS Director (below) The Beaumont, 730 Riverside DriveIt was a wonderful evening at the Beaumont... joyfully reminiscent of the days in the 1950's when Ralph Ellison, Marian Anderson

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Snap, vogue, pose... "realism" is alive Uptown! On 125th Street, at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977), one of museum's former Artist-in-Residence, is presenting an array of larger then life portraits of African men. While, along the northern reaches of Fifth Avenue's, Museum Mile the portraits of isolated New Yorkers by artist George Tooker (b. 1920) are on display at the

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Throughout Harlem there's been a particular buzz about the upcoming debate between the Vice Presidential candidates; Republican, Sarah Palin and Democrat Joesph Biden. Repeatedly, in street conversations and other venues people are comparing John McCain's choice of Gov. Palin to that of George Bush, the elder, and his "maverick" selection of Clarence Thomas for the US Supreme Court. However,

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A HarlemOneStop guide was giving a Harlem Art Tour this weekend and happened to stop in front of the statue of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. located on the plaza of the Harlem State Office Building at 125th St. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. While discussing Powell's role in Harlem history, a guard came running from inside the office building, crossing the plaza (almost a block in length) to bark

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A Harlem cultural touchstone,like so many others, closes off its pastBy Arcynta Ali ChildsTHE VILLAGE VOICEpublished: August 27, 2008 It isn't hard to find theLangston Hughes house inEast Harlem: It's midway down the block named in his honor (Langston Hughes Place, a section of East127th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues), it's covered in ivy, and there's a plaque out front. But finding

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Isabel Washington Powell, who gave up the nightclub and Broadway stage to marry Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and become a much-loved figure in uptown society, died on May 1. She would have turned 99 on May 23.The Powells divorced in 1945 after 12 years of marriage and she never remarried, saying no one could match the charismatic minister and political leader. "I so admire the things he did," she

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"A certain administration whichI won't call by nametook the artsout of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a wayto express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.""They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother...Shut Your Mouth!I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.Then We Can Dig It! He's a complicated manBut

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Washington Heights, Inwood, West Harlemand MorningsideFuneral Services will be heldSunday, August 3, at 10:30 a.m.Riverside Memorial Chapel76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Stanley E. Michels, 75, a city councilmemberfrom upper Manhattan for 24 years, died this morning at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.He had fought cancer for two years. Michels, a longtime resident of Castle Village on

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American Jazz Trumpeter & Singer(1901 - 1971)"My wholelife,my wholesoul,my whole spirit is to blow that horn...""You blows who you is.""The memory of things goneis important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.""Ifyou have to askwhat jazz is,you'll never know.""I don't let my mouth say nothin'my head can't

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National Black Theatre - Welcome contact NBTBy GLENN COLLINSPublished: New York Times / July 29, 2008It could not be mistaken for a New Orleans funeral procession — hey, this wasn’t just New York City, this was Harlem. And so the memorial send-off on Monday to celebrate a force in black theater became a theatrical neighborhoodwide parade honoring Barbara Ann Teer, the founder of the

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"After a month's training learning the French rifle the 369th was sent into action in Bois-d'Hauze, Champagne. We stayed there until July 4th, 1918. Our ranks were thinned by the deadly German fire. We were completely worn out..." - Private Horace Pippin On a cold February afternoon in 1919, thousands of people gathered along New York’s Fifth Avenue and swayed to music provided by military band

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BICYCLING champ Lance Armstrong had some trouble impressing new gal pal Kate Hudson the other night. Armstrong - strangely unaware of the reservation system at legendarily restrictive Rao's, where regulars have their own tables and everyone else must wait months - thought he and Hudson might be able to walk into the East 114th Street eatery and be served. But he was out of luck, a spy reports.

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As a citizen of Harlem, "the Black Capital of the World" you might expect its leaders to be quick to endorse the first major African American contender for the Presidency of the United States.Well, all in good time..."An eloquent brother,a good brother,a decent brother..."- Cornel West,Apollo Theatre11/29/2007“We're going to see a tremendous increase in people believing that Obama is the one…

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A few words from HarlemOneStop Customers!"I enjoyed my visit touring Hamilton Heights' homes and apartments, and the history of Strivers Row. I especially enjoyed our tour guide, John Reddick, who was very knowledgeable of Harlem's history.Kudos to Londel's Restaurant."- Deborah Ross Philadelphia, PA"Quite an enjoyable trip. I enjoyed learning about and touring the houses of Harlem. I will tell

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Miles Dewey Davis IIIAmerican Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, & Composer(1926 - 1991)“For me,music and life are all about style.” “Do not fearmistakes.There are none.”“Sometimesyou have to play along time to be able to play like yourself” "Music is as much about the silenceas it is about the notes.Without silence, music is just noise.""If you understood everything I say,you'd beme!"“A legend is an

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http://www.babymamamovie.net/"... you done taken my Bluesand gone." - Langston HughesFrom Jerry Springer to Maury Povich the drama of "Baby Mamas" has served as a dollar generating, bottom-line staple of daytime television "reality" talk shows. Introduced with "earnest concern" by the program host, the typically teary or vengeful teenage Mama tells her tale of love and loss. The Daddies follow.

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A Completely Biased,Entirely Opinionated Hot Pick ... Thelma Golden, Director & Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Nigerian born designer Duro Olowu got married on January 2nd. Golden told Vogue, "I always imagined I would spend ages planning my wedding, yet this felt perfect." Olowu, proposed to Golden just before Christmas and soon after the couple with friends, Artist Glen Ligon and

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Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?The answer’s pretty obvious!...Ask, what’s behind Grant’s Tomb? ...and it’s a mystery question to most.For the curious among you I encourage a trip to Riverside Drive and 122nd Street. Just slip by the Tomb’s monumental entry stairs to the shady plaza that lies behind, there, you’ll come upon a delightful surprise. Mosaics!Wrapping the plaza’s perimeter wall, like an

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Ed Koch'sSwan SongAbove:Detail, American SwanJohn James Audubon, 1843Left:Mayor Edward I. KochKoch, Resolved to Spend Eternity in Manhattan, Buys a Cemetery PlotBy SAM ROBERTSPublished: April 22, 2008/New York TimesFormer Mayor Edward I. Koch said on Monday that he planned to stay in Manhattan — for good.Mr. Koch, who turned 83 in December, said that he had purchased a burial plot in Trinity

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This week has seen not only the blossoming of nature in New York City, but also a blossoming of public life and activity, particularly in Harlem.Flesh, energy and vibrant self-expression are returning to public view after months of hibernation. HarlemOneStop has collected a cross-section of online footage in an effort to present a flowering glimpse Harlem's of pedestrian vitality. Enjoy!The

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Bishop S. C. Madison at a mass baptism in 2000 in New YorkSERVICES:Public Viewing of Bishop Madison Saturday, April 12United House of Prayer for All People2320 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY7:00 pm – 9:00 pmFinal Public Viewing of Bishop Madison Sunday, April 13United House of Prayer for All People601 M Street, NW, Washington, DC5:00 pm – 9:00 pm HOMECOMING SERVICES Monday, April 14601 M Street, NW,

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Marilynn K. Yee/The New York TimesNew York ObservedHer Drawings With André Marilynn K. Yee/The New York TimesBy RACHEL COHENPublished: April 6, 2008/New York TimesFrom the concrete steps in front of Riverside Beer and Soda Distributors, you can look south across 133rd Street to the M.T.A. bus lot, and west through the steel vaults of the abandoned 12th Avenue subway line past the Fairway

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Eleanora FaganAmerican Jazz Singer and Songwriter1915 - 1959In celebration...Columbia University's Radio StationWKCR 88.9 FMwill broadacast 24hrs of Billie Holiday recordings,starting midnight Sunday, April 6th until midnight Monday, April 7th."Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married.He was eighteen, she was sixteen andI was three.""Lady Day""I never had a chance to play with

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By TIMOTHY WILLIAMSPublished: March 31, 2008For the past several months, elegantly dressed men and women have been handing out thousands of postcards to passers-by on the streets of Harlem. It is part of a campaign to boycott neighborhood shops to protest gentrification. While the boycott itself has had little impact, the man behind it, an ex-convict turned minister named James D. Manning, has

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Pieces of "Harlem's" History for New Churches By FERNANDA SANTOSPublished: New York Times March 28, 2008LaGRANGEVILLE, N.Y. — The Roman Catholic churches stand 66 miles apart, one in the center of Harlem, the other on 82 acres between a farm and a hunting club in this rural hamlet in Dutchess County.The Harlem church, St. Thomas the Apostle, is an exquisite piece of neo-Gothic architecture, its

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Langston HughesAmerican Writer, Poet and Essayist1902-1967 They send me to eat inthe kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong."I, Too, Sing America""I have discovered in life that there are waysof getting almost anywhere you want to go,if you really want to go." The Negro Speaks of RiversI've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of

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Historic Site: Convent Avenue Baptist Church420 West 145th Street at Convent Avenue New York, NYhttp://www.conventchurch.org/New York City and Harlem in particular have numerous sites that boast, "George Washington slept here" and I'm certain that between him and our current president there have been many other commander and chief ZZZZs clocked in Manhattan. However, in this era of multi-tasking

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Since construction was completed on the first of Lenox Terrace's six residential buildings in 1958, Lenox Terrace has been home to a who's who of local and national politicians, entertainers, and businesspeople, who value the community's commitment to, as the Times put it, "respectability without sterility and security without conformity."Today, the Lenox Terrace community is more vibrant than

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Although not a "park", the Howard Bennett Playground, located in Harlem on 135th street between 5th Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard is part of the New York City Parks Department www.nyc.gov/parks and is named forHoward Bennett (1911 -1981), the man responsible forgetting January 15th designated as a national holiday inhonor of Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday. Following King's assassination in

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"I am learning all the time.The tombstone will be my diploma.""This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited.You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words,it's a part of live entertainment.""I was given away.If your mother gives you away,you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away." "The public has become

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125th Street IRT Station, Broadway Viaductcirca 1906Graham Court, Seventh Avenue at 116th Streetcirca 1909Amsterdam Avenue and Hamilton Place, south of 144th Streetcirca 1910Riverside Park, south of Grant's Tombcirca 1900View Manhattanville, Riverside Drive Viaduct from the Hudson Rivercirca 1904Riverside Drive Viaduct, Manhattanvillecirca 1908Riverside Drive Overlook, Riverside Park/152nd

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Today, few would imagine as they walk past 2227 Adam C. Powell Boulevard, that the building, currently home to Williams Institute C.M.E. Baptist Church, once housed Harlem's famed Lafayette Theatre. In 1990 the church removed any discernible exterior clues by covering the theater's distinctively arched windows and terra-cotta ornament with an unimaginative "more church-like facade" designed by

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"I just love to sing,it's a gift God gave me"Irene Reid Funeral Services:The Greater Zion Hill Baptist ChurchFrederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Avenue) at 127th Street Date: Thursday, January 10th, 2008Time: Viewing from 2-6:30Services from 6:30 on at the churchBeginning her singing career in church choirs, Reid tried her luck, in her late teens, at Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre. This was in 1948 and

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“Most of mainstream and public television in the late ’60s, and even during the ’70s, was from the point of view of an outsider looking at a subculture — white people looking at black people. We said we identify with and are a part of the subjects we are filming.” St Clair BourneIt is with deep pain and regret that HarlemOneStop shares with you the news of the passing of our beloved Harlem

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Steven Gilliard, Jr. 1964 - 2007As one year draws to an end and another begins, many of us look to recapture and sum up the recent past and project what might lie ahead for us in the coming year. For me, that act begins with combing through newspapers, magazines and other media for their year end reflections and enlightened annual overviews. This weekend I happened to stumble upon The New York

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