Product Overview
Long before Harlem became one of the trendiest neighborhoods in the red-hot real estate market of Manhattan, it was a metaphor for African American culture at its richest. Allon Schoeners celebrated Harlem on My Mind is the classic record of Harlem life during some of the most exciting and turbulent years of its history, a beautifuland poignantreminder of a powerful moment in African America history.
Including the work of some of Harlems most treasured photographers, among them James Van Der Zee and Gordon Parks, there are photographs of Harlems literary lightsLangston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Richard Wright; its politiciansMarcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; and its musiciansEthel Waters, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday. The book also includes the photographs of the everyday folk who gave life to this legendary community.
These extraordinary images are juxtaposed with articles from publications such as the New York Times and the Amsterdam News, which have helped to record the life of one of New Yorks most memorialized neighborhoods.
Originally published in 1969 as the catalogue to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts controversial exhibition of the same name, Harlem on My Mind is as compelling today as it was when first published.
