Harlem

[ hahr-luhm ]

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noun

a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
a tidal river in New York City, between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, which, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connects the Hudson and East rivers. 8 miles (13 km) long.

Harlem

/ ˈhɑːləm /

Harlem

During the 1920s, Harlem was the site of a great upsurge in black literature, music, and theater known as the Harlem Renaissance .

Mostly populated by African-Americans, Harlem has long been a center of black culture .

The area now contains a large Puerto Rican population and, after a period of economic decay, has experienced a revitalization.

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

In neighborhoods such as Harlem, 33 percent of students attend charter schools, a majority of them black or Latino.

After raising a cool $2m last night, Will met the President today in DC while Kate visited a Harlem youth project.

Banks grew up far from the trailer park—up on 152nd St. and Amsterdam in Harlem.

And I think some of my favorite memories are just being all together in that house in Harlem.

If you put a little siccative de Harlem in it, or use any picture varnish thinned with turpentine, it will serve well enough.

Mr. Belcher took his seat in it, in the darkness, and then the vehicle was rapidly driven to Harlem.

Guicciardini, L. mentions the report of printing having been invented at Harlem, 146.

He made a noble stand at Harlem Heights for three weeks, where he had several encounters with the foe.

The committee of defense decided to build two fortified camps on Brooklyn Heights and on the heights of Harlem.

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