Tag: Black History Month

February 7, 2018

By the time King was shot, everyone in Harlem was black

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Today we are happy to present an excerpt from the book’s first chapter. Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday...

February 6, 2018

Join author Kevin McGruder on Wednesday, Feb 7. The author of Race and Real Estate will be speaking at Revolutionary Books at 7 PM

In celebration of Black History Month, Kevin McGruder, author of Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem 1890-1920, will be speaking at Revolution Books tomorrow at 7 pm.   Join Author Kevin McGruder When: Wednesday, February 7 Time: 7 PM Location: Revolution Books 437 Malcolm...

February 5, 2018

Book Giveaway! Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family

This week, our featured book is Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family, by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitc. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as...

March 10, 2015

An Interview with James Davis, Author of "Eric Walrond"

Read part 1 of our interview with James Davis, author of “Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean”

November 20, 2008

Writing Hubert Harrison — A Post by Jeffrey Perry

The following post is by Jeffrey B. Perry, author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918. You can also read his previous post “Who Was Hubert Harrison?”. Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 is the first...

November 11, 2008

Who Was Hubert Harrison?: A Post by Jeffrey B. Perry

The following post is by Jeffrey B. Perry, author of the just-published Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918: Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) is one of the truly important figures of early twentieth-century America. A brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic,...