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Beloved Harlem: A Literary Tribute to Black America's Most Famous Neighborhood, From the Classics to The Contemporary

William H. Banks offers a collection of 29 excerpts and short stories that emphasize black literary culture. The book is sectioned into four illuminating parts. Part I: The Descendants of Slaves Emancipate a Culture, Part II: The Thunder Roars, Part ...

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File Size: 1518 KB
Print Length: 546 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0767914783
Publisher: Broadway Books (June 24, 2010)
Publication Date: July 7, 2010
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B003FCVEXM
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A passionate ode to an American mecca, Beloved Harlem is a literary look into the vibrant African-American haven, edited by one of its celebrated native sons. William H. Banks, Jr., combines the classics with the contemporary as he showcases some of the best essays, short stories, and novel excerpts inspired by the diversity of Harlem life, from the early twentieth century to the new millennium.The days and nights of black Manhattan come alive in...

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