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Author : David C. Copeland
Release : 2012-06-01
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Book Rating : 962/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Once Upon a Time in Harlem by : David C. Copeland
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Harlem written by David C. Copeland. This book was released on 2012-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Moses Miller
Release : 2007-09
Genre : African American men
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Book Rating : 102/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Once Upon a Time in Harlem by : Moses Miller
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Harlem written by Moses Miller. This book was released on 2007-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Williams single-handedly conspired and plotted to eliminate all of his competition on the uptown streets. With brute force and calculated moves, he was able to control all illegal activity from numbers to the drug trade. John was an intelligent thinker, manipulative and cunning and a cold-blooded killer as we. When he moved from South Carolina with his younger brother Sam, he had dreams of escaping the racism that was a prevalent in the south, in order to provide a better life for his family. But, racism still existed in the north, and opportunity had also dried up. With his back against the wall and no money in his pockets, John concocted a scheme to rob a local hustler that went horribly wrong. Blood was now on his hands ... and a price was on his head. The events that transpire from that moment on will have John and Sam pitted against some of Harlem s most notorious gangsters. John has dreams of providing a better life for his family, but at what cost? Will he and Sam be lured in by the sex, drugs, money and other dangers of the uptown streets? Only time will tell.
Author : D. C. Copeland
Release : 2008
Genre : African Americans
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 924/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Once Upon a Time in Harlem by : D. C. Copeland
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Harlem written by D. C. Copeland. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Rhythm, the quintessential American, teams up with Tharbis Jefferson, a "Copper Colored Gal" from the latest Cotton Club revue, to win a dance contest at the Savoy Ballroom. Unfortunately, their competition will stop at nothing to win, including murder.Once Upon A Time In Harlem is a jitterbug love story woven between the lives and times of legendary black entertainers, black and white thugs, and the common man in swinging 1930's Harlem. It takes place when Cab Calloway is at the beginning of his long and storied career and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, already over 50, is still unknown to most people outside of New York. "Air steps," Jujitsu type dance moves, are just making the scene. The white and black gangland violence in the play? It all happened in an almost forgotten time in America's most mythic city: Harlem.Winner of the Jaz Dorsey Fusion Award from the African American Playwrights Exchange, this radio play version is based on the 3-act stage play and screenplay and is suitable for the high school classroom and above. Perfect for Black History month.
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Release : 2017-09
Genre : African Americans
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 326/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Once in Harlem by :
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Author : Herb Boyd
Release : 2008-01-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 122/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Baldwin's Harlem by : Herb Boyd
Download or read book Baldwin's Harlem written by Herb Boyd. This book was released on 2008-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baldwin's Harlem is an intimate portrait of the life and genius of one of our most brilliant literary minds: James Baldwin. Perhaps no other writer is as synonymous with Harlem as James Baldwin (1924-1987). The events there that shaped his youth greatly influenced Baldwin's work, much of which focused on his experiences as a black man in white America. Go Tell It on the Mountain, The Fire Next Time, Notes of a Native Son, and Giovanni's Room are just a few of his classic fiction and nonfiction books that remain an essential part of the American canon. In Baldwin's Harlem, award-winning journalist Herb Boyd combines impeccable biographical research with astute literary criticism, and reveals to readers Baldwin's association with Harlem on both metaphorical and realistic levels. For example, Boyd describes Baldwin's relationship with Harlem Renaissance poet laureate Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French in the ninth grade. Packed with telling anecdotes, Baldwin's Harlem illuminates the writer's diverse views and impressions of the community that would remain a consistent presence in virtually all of his writing. Baldwin's Harlem provides an intelligent and enlightening look at one of America's most important literary enclaves.
