Harlem History

[@richieblondet2310]

As some on this comments thread have already noted, the street scenes shown are not Harlem but sections of the Bronx. Also the opening images discussing Harlem in its infancy, it's earlier residents and depicting imagery in relation to theaters are also not Harlem based. I see what looks like lower Manhattan near Union Square at 1:19, the Colonial theater where "Shuffle Along" by Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle was first performed at was not in Harlem but in the formerly known San Juan Hill area (W. 62nd Street & Broadway), now known as the Lincoln Center area. The Lake Theatre wasn't even in NYC but a theater in Chicago. There is plenty of imagery and film related to Harlem, 125th Street, etc, during the eras being noted. The narrative is clear but people seeing images that have nothing to do with Harlem will have tendency to divert attention away from the narrative. I also want to express that Derrick Edwards, the brother providing the young lady with a walking tour, is on point with describing the Black presence in Harlem becoming noticeable at the turn of the century. Few historians or chroniclers go that far back and point out much later time periods for Black Culture having manifested in the Harlem area. The early 1900s is truly when a Renaissance-like movement began. Culminating in Marcus Garvey's message of pride in Black culture. That movement has a hand or is tied to the Arts that was produced in the 1920s. Now known as the Harlem Renaissance. That HAS to be included so that proper context can be realized and maintained. Much respect to all who were already hip to such legacy, such as Derrick Edwards, people commenting on this video, etc.

[@WABBNMedia]

Harlemite here who attend college in the Bx , starting at 17:04 , the footage is of the Bx by Jerome Ave (4 train) and Bedford Park Blvd. , by Lehman College .

[@Gee_be_Vibing]

Congratz queen

[@garyrich9434]

Get’em!! They don’t wanna even research jus put dirty draws on us, send us out to play in traffic, and watch what happens....

[@mic7able]

There should be 2 docs, 1 history of Harlem and 1 History of Civil rights in the area....

[@money4life188]

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[@iriswood3744]

I was Born in BLACK HARLEM♥️

[@og6340]

They call Memphis the Harlem of the south . Harlem is drenched with soul

[@hereisayana8207]

If I doesn't show Harlem before gentrification, then its not worth watching....

[@jeffbaxter8770]

Ayana, what was gentrification? I am in south africa

[@lovesyah4618]

@@jeffbaxter8770 Once an area decays and minorities leave whites buy up the area and those left get priced out. They jack up the rent prices and those who can't afford it are forced out.

[@katyarnold6757]

The sad part about us african americans is nothing has change for us economically, socially, spiritually, etc. We are still talking about brutality and racial profiling in 2019.

[@scooterkiddynamyte1712]

@adam zarbon stop it

[@scooterkiddynamyte1712]

@John D. Rockefeller black people are keeping black people down and we could free ourselves, but to act like those in charge will not interfere in blacks unifying is silly

[@isaacperess8852]

Yeah you watch the news but don’t actually do research that black people in this country are becoming more and more economically mobilized. While those discriminatory policies still exist and it is bad there is a growing black middle class in this country.

[@jonothandoeser]

I don't get it. what do you mean when you say "nothing" has changed?

[@squelch6573]

And that’s the reason for the lack of change !!

[@DTWrites1books]

Harlem - may more Black owned businesses spring up strong

[@andrewstaples8677]

Amen but let us not forget Spanish Harlem now known as east Harlem

[@D.N..]

@@andrewstaples8677 Don't forget that Spanish Harlem was one time Italian Harlem !!

[@shalomccs]

Harlem was the Mecca of the big bands and singers like Billie Holiday who fought against racism and segregation in the 40s and was persecuted by the FBI because the Strange Fruit song .The place were all political and civil rights movements originated.

[@money4life188]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCnmWSEg7ecrrc Harlem during the 1930s. Clean

[@speedracer6294]

This is not about the history of Harlem It is about the history of blacks in Harlem. I spent the first eight years of my life there. East Harlem was very Italian for decades. Before that it was Irish, Jewish ,and German. Before that British. Before that Dutch. Before that Lanape Indians and who knows who the Lanape replaced ! It is therefore, hysterically funny to hear people bemoaning that the "neighborhood is changing". Not the first time that has been said in Harlem.

[@internetcensure5849]

Blacks (forcefully) and whites definitely were migrants in the "USA". Only "Indians" were legitimate Americans.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Totally. It's still a good video. Even though some folks said some of the footage was from the Bronx.

[@Juanita-ge6mb]

Interesting, you mentioned " Lanape" Indians, being Native myself. Born and raised in Massachusetts, 4 hours to New York by Massachusetts turnpike. Your comment teaches me. Thank you

[@RadicalforGod]

Clearly race matters

[@terucks]

Wow. . .This feels the same way how it is with Bronzeville Neighborhood in Chicago. . .

[@reggiebarker4963]

I SAW MY 😥 OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IN WAYS MANY DON'T REMEMBER IT TO BE . I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLEM SO WE'RE MY PARENTS. THERE ARE NO MORE HOMELESS 🐈,S AND DOGS, BUT THERE ARE STILL DRUGS. SMH, BUT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HARLEM. THOSE R. MY. MEMORIES

[@hermdogg1846]

Bull shit no homeless yeah right ..

[@carmswtbess8029]

Its a shame how gentrification is moving our people out of our homes and heritage all over this country. The rents are disgraceful everywhere. 😫

[@laminage]

Back in the day, New York, as well as Chicago, & Philadelphia were the Epicenter for R & B Music with Record Labels like Vee Jay & Chess and of course there was American Bandstand. As for Motown, it's legacy is still as strong as ever. When Berry Gordy created Motown's Charm School, he didn't know at the time it would be duplicated with Lou Pearlman who was once Friends with Smokey Robinson who told him about it, The Popstars Franchise that debuted in New Zealand in 1998 and even with Girls Aloud (2002) not to mention The K Pop Franchise.

[@money4life188]

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[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Don't forget Soul Train

[@addiewilliams4644]

The Great Migration caused by the Jim Crow laws in the South saw an influx of AAs to populate in Harlem. The Renaissance was a birthing of African American culture pride and positive imagery. African Americans leaders hated the way White Americans depicted them and decided to impact Black Excellence in the arts, music, and all areas of social and economic development.This new positive reversal of African American culture engineered by Mr. Johnson, NAACP changed how White Americans viewed Black Americans as lazy, stupid and ignorant, as art and media depicted this.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Meanwhile, the video shows loads of white folk in the civil rights marches. Where those spies? Please stop talking about race so much and start talking about individuality. Thank you for your time.

[@addiewilliams4644]

@@travisdonaldstanley6420 How dare you state to me, what to discuss! Race will always be an issue in the United States until the true aspects of justice are established. From the beginning of civilization African/American have consistently contributed to this planet & Made America Great Again I am always going to talk about African American History. With approximately 17 states in the United States are willing to remove the true African American History.

[@mycatsheenacashappid4240]

Harlem has a very interesting history. I look forward to visiting.

[@chairlesnicol672]

Didn’t realize Appolo theatre was in Harlem What street was it on? Or that Columbia University was part of Harlem! Something like Cambridge Un in Boson a part almost of “skid row”!

[@chairlesnicol672]

Don’t forget about The Harlem Globetrotters? Where did they practice their skills in Harlem? Does Harlem go from 117 street till past 126 th and just between Lennox n 7 Ave only?

[@queencoch]

There were abandoned buildings in Harlem during the 1970's, but i looks like this video is showing some scenes from the Bronx past and present starting at 16:14. Well said by Marcus Tortorici a Harlem Resident discussing the gentrification in Harlem at starting at 18:02...

[@BlankFaceAma]

+LINDA GILYARD you are absolutely out of line by your comment...at least the last part. I'll concede that gentrification is firstly a question of money and secondly a question of who has it but for him to say that it's an age thing like the pain associated with gentrification is an age gap issue is absolutely absurd. NOT TO MENTION, his insinuating that the residents of Harlem initially support gentrification efforts then are surprised when they are priced out....Both you and him need to get a clue. Not that it'd help anyone. And keep in mind that I'm not blaming him for the bs...I admitted that's it's first and foremost about money, who has it, who's willing to sell and who's willing to buy. Gentrification is a multi-faceted issue but it has little, if anything, to do with age and I highly doubt that the residents are as naive as he makes them out to be.

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[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Thanks for the feedback. Another person reported that there was footage from the Bronx, and even Manhattan. Yes, it was 8 years ago.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Markets go in cycles. Way back in the 1900s folks didn't like their hood changing so rapidly due to immigrants. But, because it was cheap to live there, that is where the immigrants went. The video said that the value of land went up 300% in the 90s. That's it right there. Buy low, sale high. Always follow the money. No nation, county, or hood is static. Things always change. If you are going to blame anyone, blame the seller not the buyer. The seller ALWAYS sets the price. Granted most people rented.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Thanks for the video. I learned a few things. One thing I leaned about in economics is that with rent control, businesses stop improving their apartments because the return on investment is less. They also build elsewhere because the return on investment is better. You always follow the money.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Yes some of these photos appear to be the Bronx..

[@andrewstaples8677]

That's because it's connected

[@cmkilcullen8176]

@@andrewstaples8677 Yes...

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

Harlem like New York in general is a victim of its own success.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

This is the only comment that got my attention- for what it's worth. Interesting..I wonder what other thoughts are behind it..

[@kinglos7840]

Wdym by that?

[@ryanr20091]

@@cmkilcullen8176 my guess is his comment has to do with with the negative consequences of gentrification

[@jambutty2218]

Harlem is a magical almost fantasy place world renowned . I’ve heard and thought about the place over here in England since a child. It’s sad you have segregation. Majority of the culture we admire from the States . Comes from the black community. So glad I was recommended this documentary.

[@money4life188]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCnmWSEg7ecrrc Harlem 1930s

[@KingCandyManTNite]

Am i tripin or did they completely skip da Hon. Marcus Garvey, UNIA, the greatest most largest mass movement of afrakans?

[@melstar78]

You're right ! Could u imagine if Harrison was mentioned?! Wishful thinking..lolz

[@elishasimpson2392]

good point there

[@money4life188]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCnmWSEg7ecrrc Harlem 1930s

[@MAGAISKLAN]

Yes, I was waiting for them to go over Marcus Garvey, he was extremely important to the culture of Harlem.

[@JamesSimpson-go2uf]

Malcolm x and Ali walked the streets of Harlem at this

[@simonyip5978]

1:22 that picture is from London not Harlem, and most Italian and Jewish people didn't arrive in the USA until the 1880's/1920's, long after the Civil War.

[@KSmall109CAB]

So much of the historical footage showing abandonment and devastation from the 1970s is not of Harlem, but the Bronx. I recognize some of the streets shown, and they're Bronx streets. In Central Harlem and East Harlem there are no elevated subway lines. The IRT #1 is over by Morningside Heights or West Harlem and the elevated Metro North/Conrail commuter train runs through East Harlem. A clip that speaks to gentrification shows Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx, the area near Lehman College. Why not show the area near the City College of New York or Columbia University? Parts of Columbia are literally around the corner from public housing.

[@dirkmassey7050]

Why do you think they did that? If you don't mind me askin'.

[@willyD200]

Probably didn't want to do the necessary work involved in producing a correct and factual presentation. Lazy ! Took stock footage most likely and didn't care or think anyone would catch on to a sloppy job. Many of these type documentaries are as such. It's too bad folks have become so lazy and inept in their work. I, never having been to many of these places , would have never known, thank you for your keen eye and sense of obligation in pointing this out. Just a mention, I think the tour guide is doing a splendid job. I'd take his tour if ever I had the chance.

[@money4life188]

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[@freepapuatv9268]

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[@christianmoore6125]

New Yorkers refer Harlem as Uptown

[@hereisayana8207]

If you want to see how rough Harlem was in the 80's and early 90's, look up the video by: Cam'ron , "A Star is Born

[@garyrich9434]

No thanx, there’s kids coming up, we don’t need all tht HotSauce, and we damn sur don’t need that boul’e ass bland no seasoning, no spice shit tht ain’t us! The middle gives us everything !!

[@nativesun9865]

Good song never heard it before, video looks more like it's from the 1980s

[@JayJay-cx7nr]

Love Harlem! ❤️❤️

[@nithe80schild]

Harlem will always be Harlem. And some of this footage at the end is actually the Bronx.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Ni Ware I though the same

[@gabesegun7966]

You mean it is now. Maybe it was originally or officially part of Harlem then. What do I know just saying.

[@jeremyg2840]

Harlem will always be harlem???? Wasn't Washington Heights Harlem at one time? Wasn't Yonkers part of the Bronx? Let's not get it twisted again.

[@jeremyg2840]

3 words for you. "Upper West Side". And just like that...

[@cmkilcullen8176]

@@jeremyg2840 Hmmmm

[@donaldpalmer5053]

all the footage of the broken Bronx shouldnt be in this Harlem program

[@garyrich9434]

They do as they’ll always do, lie and have us waste our energy on their spiteful, intentional lies, and their re direction of the narrative, to distract us. From alllll kinda things tht they’re doing allll around us.

[@myjourney5753]

Ain't no place like harlem

[@melothemenace5606]

Terr 1973 Bompton

[@TheFinancialFrank]

Terr 1973 Detroit

[@smokinnplatez1426]

west indies is similar

[@queens_get_the_money87]

Yeah crackhead neighborhood I'm good on that

[@myjourney5753]

@@TheFinancialFrank I don't think so.

[@raulroca4694]

Spanish harlem "el Barrio Boricua". Con Tito Puente, Charlie y Eddie Palmieri. Salsa y Sabor.

[@tkso.philly3879]

IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE.O HAVE FAMILY IN N.Y. I'M FROM PHILLY.MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TORN DOWN.EVERYONE FORCED TO LEAVE.THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE OIL REFINERY.THEY TORE IT DOWN.THEN,BUILT EXPENSIVE HOMES ON THE SAME GROUNDS...-OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.CLOSE TO THE SPORTS ARENAS,CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY WITH EASY ACCESS TO CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA...-DIRTY M.F.'S !!!---

[@gayleholmes9081]

HERE'S THE TEA, THE REAL REAL ON WHY BLACK COMMUNITIES FAIL....WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY OF WORKERS, PEOPLE THAT WORK, COMMUNITIES REGARDLESS OF COLOR WILL THRIVE. But with section 8, welfare, complacency and poverty, this you will get time after time, historically proven. Harlem in the 30's is no different from Chicago today.....WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PURPOSE, HAVE A STAKE IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS, COMMUNITIES THRIVE!!

[@citrustaco]

Recap: 2:17 Harlem was originally Jewish, Italian, and German, and began going black in 1904 and in 1920 is majority black. Somehow this is considered "great" as the influx of blacks changed the existing culture. Arts, jazz, etc. 3:23 And over time, other groups got their hands on this as time goes on. Were they black? 4:11 So they started letting blacks to come into low income neighborhoods. Who is "they"? Landlords aren't black. I guess Payton buying those leases didn't buy property. 5:45 Sylvia's, originally named Johnson's. White owned. 6:34 Sylvia buys the restaurant! Good news! 14:08 Apollo theater. Previously a white venue, invited blacks, blacks came, yet whites still own it to this day. 15:57 Hotel Theresa. Build and owned by a German man, sold to a black man in 1937. Good news! But he let it deteriorate and he sold it in 1966. From wikipedia, "The owners had not upgraded or modernized the hotel in decades and it was said to be "dowdy" at best" and the hotel closed down and was converted to office space. 16:21 Here comes all the crime! Crime causes poverty and somehow schools are to blame for people leaving? Land is cheap, I'm sure some black people could snap it up. Nah. Who wants to buy low and sell high? Let it rot. No one wants to bother to fix it up. Even those successful people who have left. 17:00 Gentrification starting in the late 1990s! Which is a good thing. Someone please fix this mess. Businesses are coming. Jobs. Renewal. Clean up the streets. However the people fixing this mess are of the wrong color. If it were black people, we would applaud them for their efforts. But that doesn't seem to be the case... 17:14 Property values increase nearly 300%. Great news. Now this place has some value. 17:19 "For many long time residents, gentrification is simply the process of new residents moving into a community and displacing lower income residents". Some we are seeing more diversity, but unlike when blacks moved in displacing whites in the 1920s, whites moving back is considered a "problem". Second, with property values at rock bottom, why didn't long term residents own something by then? It's more affordable to buy then rent at this time. 17:45 I moved to Harlem to pursue my career. I'm just out of college from Alabama and this is something I can afford. He's doing everything black people would do, but others are "worried" due to his race as if he's made of money. If successful, people will be envious of him and blame him for their misfortunes citing his "privilege". 18:03 "...that the result of the increase of non-black residents in Harlem, threatens the fabric of the neighborhood". OH REALLY? Didn't it influx of blacks into Harlem threaten the fabric of the neighborhood that was there before them? 18:09 "Today, Harlem's population is more white than black". And I'm sure the high crime from the 70s has decreased a lot. But let's not talk about that. 19:00 "Because the people who live here..." YOU live there too. If you own your place and people are wanting to move in and build, then you are building wealth. Buy low, sell high. If you never buy, then you struggle. It isn't about displacement, it's about ownership. When it was rock bottom prices, people there could have afforded it. I see poor whites all the time buying trailer homes.

[@raymondtuckler2105]

Well stated.

[@c.9663]

Brian Odom This is deep

[@markathompson]

keep up the great work, i love this documentary ....... amazing

[@cbrathwaite1474]

AJASS aka African Jazz Art Society and Studio needs to be discussed in here. Its a shocking omission

[@zardozmyrh7789]

Definitely an eye-opener educational and artistic experience I really love this video I've always wanted to know about Harlem I knew it as a great historical event an ongoing event I didn't know the Apollo was his new as it is I thought it'd been around a lot longer another reason I'm glad to know about it thank you very much. 🚨😂♥️

[@davidnmorrismorrisactor7117]

these houses that he is showing was later on use as boarding houses in the 1940

[@garyrich9434]

This is the Worst representation of a ppls community/hood I’ve ever seen. The narrator hadn’t done her homework, she’d had no references tht could actually provide first hand testimony. The tour guide though I respect his hustle, is sugar coating and providing nothing deep enuf too penetrate the surface of the everyday Harlem that it’s Harlemites could feel. Hustle baby hustle, but the price is as it always was .... a false narrative, a co-opted realization of another piece of OUR History. Where do they get these people to tell other pplz stories/ truths. Either they’re to gutter, or too clean . There’s always more then 2 choices, AWAKE uP!! TRUTH B4 EVERYTHING... fuck pc. [ it distorts truth]

[@kevindavis8500]

Exactly Gary, horrible representation of the people, community and history showing old footage from the Bronx, too much emphasis on Motown ( love the music, but it isn't Harlem). But what do you expect when others tell our story. Smdh.

[@911Certifiedrobertwatson]

@@kevindavis8500 This was a racist video for white people not us Harlem old timers from West 112 No Fear Crew- Freddie Myers- Harlem was our Village white America brought the Drugs in- put that in it Oliver North speak on him🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewstaples8677]

I maybe from the Bronx but Harlem is where my family is from

[@jasonhardy4207]

I loved listening and Break Dancing to Dr Jekyll and M.r Hyde back in the day here in the U.K , early mid 80s Harlem Hip Hop.

[@robertbrown7896]

i have tapes of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde with dj louie lou 1979

[@jacobdean4833]

This guy's a walking Encyclopedia

[@gayleholmes9081]

I wasn't impressed, he left out a lot of stuff, as suggested, read up on Harlem for true visions

[@mifster83]

18:02 why do they keep pushing skin color? Its not about skin color its about culture, a black guy from the suburbs of Austin or Kenya would be equally misplaced. Its as if the narrative of skin color is to juicy to give up because its a quick punchline to get ur point across

[@sophroniamason2730]

Why is somebody in a hajab reporting, wrongfully reporting, about Harlem?

[@RadicalforGod]

They love to study us and tell half truths. Fed and city policies increased crime wow.

[@Whocares792]

This dude should be a teacher, he has great presentation skills

[@WithloveTrinize]

Now they want to call it SoHa

[@curli-lettey4319]

longlegladies SoHa hell!!!! HARLEM, no other name.

[@andrewsutherland133]

I feel SoHa would be Hamilton heights because its literally south of harlem (I'm not a new Yorker, but I don't get wy you would nickname an area south of the area)

[@scooterkiddynamyte1712]

Imagine harlem today without the civil rights movement lol

[@wsperos]

You should do more research on the stock footage you use, instead of using footage from "80 Blocks From Tiffany's" which is about The Bronx and not Harlem.

[@troylsmith21]

Liam Speros your exactly right how could they put that up there and so much of the Bronx footage and think that us Harlem people would not recognize it?

[@dragorocky]

THANK YOU! Bruh, I KNEW that was Bronx footage. Uptown (Harlem) don't even have streets like that (grid map). KNEW I wasn't going crazy! They might as well have used Beat Street footage. Fkn lame.

[@dwaynewhitted8047]

Exactly don't know what the fuk they're doing showing b******* footage

[@nyclassic4ever130]

Kept thinking the same. But I have yet to come across real substantial Harlem footage from that era.

[@thelakeshow499]

Harlem done changed…..

[@gldesigns348123]

I was born, raised and still live in Harlem. This video is full of incorrect video footage and misleading information. If you want facts and accurate photos, look elsewhere.

[@911Certifiedrobertwatson]

Facts this was wack @gldesigns348123

[@BluesBoy-ij2rb]

Doing a story about Harlem and you go straight to Motown .........you leave out a whole decade about black music doowop and R and B in 1950's there were young black teens singing acapella on every other street corner , many of these groups did record records and one of the men who brought them in was a black entrepreneur ww2 vet named Bobby Robinson he owned one of the first black owned stores on 125th st. Called Bobbys records and later Bobbys happy house....he owned many record labels was even a pioneer in hip hop he had produced Dougie fresh and Grandmaster flash ...........im surprised this info is not in Harlems history............Erik Von

[@chairlesnicol672]

They coulda mentioned ( shoulda) young Frankie Lyndon n his group who sang on street corners for their audience! Then went to Brill Building I believe and got signed up with a record company They kinda got ripped off in the end getting the glory but not the cash! Lol

[@RobertoLopezstudyis]

The images of the vacant lots are from the South Bronx of the 1970s.

[@nancib7431]

l am glad people caught The Bronx being inserted into a doc about Harlem. However, lt saddens me how Harlem has been gentrified!! Remember the PBS series A Walk Through Harlem with Barry Lewis and David Hartman. A great documentary, but l had a bad feeling White people would move in and take over. Especially the beautiful brownstones 😢

[@severedmaiden]

Racist

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

I remembered that!

[@chancebrown3269]

wowww. true Harlem people know there neighborhood and that was definitely not Harlem but it was the Bronx. I thought this was about Harlem... why do u have another boro footage???

[@misaelrojas118]

fucking facts shit showed bronx places shit aint even harlem

[@garyrich9434]

Look who telling the story of us, give us “your” background, and wht gives you the credentials to carry others truths. Tell us your truth, we’ll tell ours! We got us !!

[@vanevans9599]

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidblain8342]

Come thru in the spring and summer and see

[@Pinckman1360]

@16:17 is not Harlem, its the Bronx.

[@michaelmika2995]

41 Pct

[@raineyj560]

@@michaelmika2995 💯

[@celestetorres4741]

Who here for their English class ?

[@RadicalforGod]

Article in PBS “on the American experience” A Change in culture, tech, and urban views, The use of tech along with the emergence of a new culture hidden under the guise of urban development was all that it took to replace the indigenous population with that of a foreigner. It was the creation of the new deal legislation and the subsequent planning and programs that came in prior that lead up to the use of certain immigrants as they was contracted to use the context of art to do the dirty work of the white residents who fled. The skill of taking something and ripping it into many pieces that allowed for an entire population of indigenous people to be killed off mentally , reeducated, and reclassified, so that they can be brought back to life for someone elses use.

[@Lordhastings]

Looks like a clip from "Beat Street" (1984) at 16:26 - 16:30

[@nathancoleman7235]

My great grandfather was born in OLD HARLEM

[@haroldjennings6753]

One reason that black people couldn't afford to get bank loans because of racist lending.

[@unk0wn27]

using this for class the answers are 1:07 - 1:20 then 3:43 - 4:11 and 8:50 - 8:55

[@jahlaune]

I use to party uptown years ago now it’s not Harlem anymore it’s just upper Manhattan . Gentrification is a mother. My grandfather knew Harlem like the back of his hand I remember as late as 1979 some parts of the old Harlem still had signs up like The Hot Cha sign I remember,ber hi. Walking me down 133rd street showing me where each club or speakeasy use to be. All that’s gone now but it’s beautiful that people still know it’s history .

[@aliceknows3375]

This was pretty crappy, a third of the filming is of lower Manhattan, the ground or something obtuse. Missed so much of historical layout and buildings. The interview with the white guy,what a waste. Really poorly done.

[@MrsKeepItCute49]

HARLEM WE THE BEST!!!!

[@Bleek17Six]

Misha Baybee 💯

[@ANT1256a]

Hi Misha Baybee, I would like to Harlem with my family is it possible to get a tour guide?

[@queens_get_the_money87]

How with all the crackheads around

[@raineyj560]

All those Bronx blocks including the one I was raised on, Kelly St smh

[@dameonjones3102]

Harlem is over!!

[@RadicalforGod]

What do you mean?

[@jayday1503]

I love my People ✊🏿

[@MrNenai]

Woman with Hijab doing an awesome report. Same thing in Germany: unimaginable.

[@elombebrathfoundation3516]

Martin Luther King was not biggest leader in Harlem during 60s. King messaging was not popular although Harlem respected him. Malcolm was biggest leader in Harlem. King was more of a national personality but in Harlem he wasn't most popular

[@WOLFROY47]

if anyone's interested, you can trace the name edwards back to jamaica. so not africa ?

[@letsif]

Progress is equality. Not inequality.

[@garyrich9434]

Gentrification is human dull dozing with all its intricate parts in play... inequality.

[@asitsunami9363]

I love getto

[@davidblain8342]

This document is not 100% facts

[@mattgordon1977]

The burka tells you everything you need to now about the future!! I’m so glad everyone no days is willing to roll over for normalcy that will never be!!!

[@internetcensure5849]

Good looking Near- or Middle-Eastern American woman.

[@picobeltre6015]

I like how they show mostly pictures of the bronx and not harlem harlem dont got above ground subway it all runs underground

[@WithloveTrinize]

Pico Beltre 125th 1 train is most certainly above ground.. now I haven’t completed the documentary but that’s a fun fact

[@justicefane-el6656]

Pico Beltre the 1 train is above ground and metronorth on park ave

[@WithloveTrinize]

Justice Fane-El oh my bad I see what you’re saying!!! The metro north tracks are above ground 😉

[@justicefane-el6656]

longlegladies park av where the pimps and hookers usta b in the 70s n 80s

[@justicefane-el6656]

longlegladies im from grant projects where the 1 train is

[@BENJAMINFRAZIER-k3y]

DOPE ALSO

[@beemocha]

“Harmelites”? “N-A-A-C-P”? 🤨🤨 u mean “Harlemites” (nobody I know personally from there refers to themselves as such) & “N double A C-P”..lmao I’m from NYC born & raised. Born in East Harlem raised in Washington Heights 💪🏽 🗽 it’s nice to watch these mini documentaries,& see the history behind my hometown. All my years as a New Yorker & I never tried Sylvia’s lol I heard the food is nasty tho 🤣🤣 Amy Ruth’s is good tho. It’s just a little starchy/salty. Should’ve known this but didn’t realize Harlem was MOSTLY white 😶😶 smh sign of the times..it makes sense tho

[@decnijfkris3706]

very interesting documentary.

[@RadicalforGod]

Watch “bronx burning.” Unbelievable what they did.

[@jono8688]

real geez love harlem detroit oakland n houston bish

[@lesterdiamond6190]

Where's the IKEA?

[@isaiahwinbrone]

Harlem is now gentrified

[@andrewstaples8677]

So true it's not what it used to be 15 20 years ago

[@Sayyamssss]

Remember take the "A" train!

[@Morgainell]

Harlems population is NOT more white than black!!! This is complete BS!!! and that is the BRONX not HARLEM in most of those pictures!!!!

[@michellesingleton8344]

Born in raised.💞💞

[@gayleholmes9081]

Two journeys I took today via KZbin, this Harlem video and Cruise ships around the Island of Hawaii....and one thing just stands out like a soar thumb....two majestic histories of beauty and longing...both ruined by the influx of capitalism and greed. I want to say by who, but KZbin will accuse me of being RACIST.... but we all know by who, don't we??? Had we just enjoyed the segregated existence of Black only, imagine how complete a people we would all be today, had we forgone integration?. I'm not advocating exclusion of anybody, but black people are the only race, were inclusion after so many decades of brain washing and damage, was the worst solution for us. We never had the chance to HEAL and to this day, we still suffer from the disease of white worship, Tim Scott are you listening? I was stationed on Oahu while in the Navy a few decades ago and I thought I was in Japan....the people of this once pure existence, are nothing but souvenir hawks and visitors of their own island..... Most of the homeowners damaged in that fire on Maui, mostly retired rich Caucasians....imagine being left alone.

[@jibaritobarranquitas4036]

That's why Spanish Harlem because of Puerto Rican in 1913

[@apowerseeninnatureandinthe123]

DID YOU KNOW MOST SO CALLED PUERTO RICAN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHERE THE NAME OR WORD -Puerto Rican and Spanish came from it's NO REAL part of the REAL people of the land it all came from words that were put on the real people of the land named and from the people from SPAIN WHO were NEVER THE SAME PEOPLE also the very first people on ALL that land were all black-people and brown later the whites came and mix with the people . The same happen here within this land called usa the very first people that were here were all black people when other people came here they seen the people of ANCIENT AMERICA were all BLACK -SKIN PEOPLE/ All the prove of this is in the book: They came before Columbus the African Presence in ancient America By; Ivan Van sertima / look it up / these are facts of history

[@raulroca4694]

En la 110 st con lexington Ave.

[@camkuzmin9987]

Anyone else in class ?

[@rickybobby8879]

So it was built by Italians and Germans funded by families like Vanderbilts and Astors in the 1800's until about 1920 when Southern Black's migrated to the neighborhood and took it over. Fast forward 30-40 years the neighborhood is in utter ruins with most of the commercial aspects gone and it's considered a Mecca? Fast forward again 2000 until our current day and.people are bitter that the restoration of a devastated neighborhood. Building restored, commercial interests are back and that's a negative because?

[@rubengutierrez5102]

Don't let them gentrify Harlem, NYC!

[@akbar8477]

I would definitely suggest reading books that talk about this phenonenon also as they give more detail about how things came to be the way that they are now. We have gotten used to saying "this used to be this, this used to be that..." yeah but what happened? It is like people think that things that used to be are the best that we can do. The Harlem Renn did not increase Black wages or wealth it was just Artisitc flair not what Black people really needed. So famous people came to eat there what did that do? It was never going to last without Black wealth it was never theirs they were renters not owners. I think this might be the "blind spot" that if faced it would reveal that "Black Harlem" was like smoke and mirrors from day one and the people that had the power all along are back. White people are looking for low rent in NYC and they couldn't care less about all this sentimental history its the American way.

[@ronde1135]

Everybody gets their weight up off of us FBA.- Foundational Black Americans

[@nyvictoryvictory4356]

Wait when did the Germans and Italians arrived?

[@longfordboy2538]

Born and raised in Manhattan .Catholic HS in Harlem Great neighborhood until drugs .Sylvia’s over rated. Gentrification is killing the neighborhood.

[@garyrich9434]

Then their mission is almost complete!

[@515sbest]

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[@10INTHEBIN99]

Big L rip

[@andrewstaples8677]

And Hud6

[@birdland85]

malcolm x and human rights movement in one sentence.. thats funny

[@birdland85]

Depends. There are two Malcolm x's . The one where he promoted that all whites are evil, and the one when he came to his senses, but that wasn't inline with " the Honorable Elijah Muhammad."

[@TenshinhanIsKing]

You obviously do not know much about Malcolm x

[@bronzebeautybybronx]

Why is a white person talking about Harleys history when Harlems history is black folks? Ugh. It should be an African American from harlem or at least an African American reporting on this and Egypt dont you talk about genetrication and Seneca village which now known as shitty ass central park?!