Harlem: The Unmaking of the Ghetto
AHA Session 218-A
Sunday, January 4, 2015: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM
Concourse B (New York Hilton, Concourse Level)
Chair:
Craig Steven Wilder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Panel:
Lance Freeman, Columbia University
Jonathan Gill, University of Amsterdam
Cheryl L. Greenberg, Trinity College (Hartford)
David Levering Lewis, New York University
Kevin McGruder, Antioch College
Camilo José Vergara, writer, photographer, and documentarian
Jonathan Gill, University of Amsterdam
Cheryl L. Greenberg, Trinity College (Hartford)
David Levering Lewis, New York University
Kevin McGruder, Antioch College
Camilo José Vergara, writer, photographer, and documentarian
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Session Abstract
Founded as s Dutch farming village in the 1600s, Harlem came to international fame in the 1920s as a black community, initially identified as the base of African American arts and entertainment, and then as a symbol of urban problems. In recent decades the community has experienced changes that have affected longtime residents in positive and negative ways. The photo essay book by Camilo Vergara, Harlem: The Unmaking of the Ghetto serves as inspiration for a discussion by a diverse group of scholars who have written about the range of historical forces that have contributed to the identity of Harlem.
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