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Old 12-30-2007, 12:02 AM
 
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My dad speaks of Sugar Hill, in Harlem, (Aunt Billie lived there) as a place of beauty, peace, and the black movement...

C'mon..some of you guys know!!!!

Tell me it.

Tell me the true stories....
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Old 12-30-2007, 05:43 PM
 
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that was a long time ago....i dont think the majority of posters on this board were born yet to experience it....but sugar hill was a very prestigious place to live in harlem during those times.....google "striver's row"
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Old 12-30-2007, 05:53 PM
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SeventhFloor is correct most of the posters were not born yet.

You can read the autobiographies of Billie Holiday, Joe Louis, Malcolm X, and Lena Horne they all tell of their exploits on Sugar Hill and Harlem in general. Joe Louis owned a night club and had an apt on Sugar Hill. Malcolm X lived in the area.

Also read works by Wallace Thurman, Claude McKay, and Countee Cullen they all reference the area in their various works.
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