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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A section of New York City in northern Manhattan bordering on the Harlem and East Rivers. Peter Stuyvesant established the Dutch settlement of Nieuw Haarlem here in 1658. A rapid influx of African Americans beginning c. 1910 made it one of the largest black communities in the United States. In the 1920s a flowering of African-American art and literature was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After World War II many Hispanics settled in East (or Spanish) Harlem.
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- proper noun A
neighborhood in northernManhattan , currently known for itsblack population .
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- noun a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
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Examples
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"HARLEM 9/11" In Washington playwright Steve Langley's drama-comedy, a Harlem family struggles to deal with the loss of its breadwinner, who worked at the World Trade Center.
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Exhibitions and Tours harlem is… - This award-winning eight-part exhibition series celebrates the legendary people, places and institutions that helped shape the world-famous Harlem community.
Dwyer Cultural Center Inaugural Programming In Harlem « 2009
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THE HARLEM PROBLEM: PLENTY OF BUYERS, NOT ENOUGH LAWYERS Fifty-eight West 120th Street is not a remarkable building, though the 1890's house stands on a pretty block, west of Mount Morris Park and east of Lenox Avenue, that has become popular in the Harlem real-estate boom.
Did Sen. Jon Corzine Keep Park Ave. Condo as His Back-Up Plan? 2001
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HARLEM - An NYPD detective invited to a community meeting about concerns of police brutality was refused entry into a Harlem mosque because he refused to relinquish his badge and his gun, police said.
Atlas Shrugs 2010
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HARLEM - An NYPD detective invited to a community meeting about concerns of police brutality was refused entry into a Harlem mosque because he refused to relinquish his badge and his gun, police said.
Atlas Shrugs 2010
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Annie Meyding, a broker at Walker Malloy & Co. said activity in Harlem is beginning to pick up and that she has leased several properties there in the last year.
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Having great restaurants deliver food to my door in Harlem is welcome.
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Sapphire, who taught teenagers in Harlem from the early '80s to the early' 90s, formed this book upon what she saw around her.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Sapphire, who taught teenagers in Harlem from the early '80s to the early' 90s, formed this book upon what she saw around her.
Discuss: What Will Everyone Else Think About 'Precious'? - Cinematical admin 2009
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Add on the "zero" votes that Obama got in Harlem (hmmm, Harlem is black, blacks have been voting for Obama 90%-10%, and Obama got no votes) ... sounds fishy to me, Terry.
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