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"Or Does It Explode?": Black Harlem in the Great Depression by Cheryl Greenberg
145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers
The African American Roots of Modernism: From Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance by James Smethurst
All Shot Up by Chester Himes
All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 by Andrea Barnet
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson
American Gangster: The Bloody Story of the Gangs of Harlem by Ron Chepesiuk
Another Country by James Baldwin
Arsenic and Clam Chowder: Murder in Gilded Age New York by James D. Livingston
Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman by Jeffreen M. Hayes
Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers
Bahamas by Zora Neale Hurston
Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin by Herb Boyd
Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson by Sharon Rudahl
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
The Beast by Walter Dean Myers
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Big Gold Dream by Chester Himes
The Big Sea: An Autobiography by Langston Hughes
Bitter Root Volume 1: Family Business by David F. Walker
Bitter Root Volume 2: Rage & Redemption by David F. Walker
Bitter Root Volume 3: Legacy by David F. Walker
Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance by Cary D. Wintz
Black Manhattan by James Weldon Johnson
The Black Mass of Brother Springer by Charles Willeford
Black Orchid Blues by Persia Walker
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by Jim Haskins
The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes
The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFadden
Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters by Jeannine Atkins
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
Building and Other Stories by S. J. Rozan
Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds by Pete Axthelm
Classic Fiction of the Harlem Renaissance by William L. Andrews
Cobblestone: The Harlem Renaissance 1991 February by Cobblestone
Color Me In by Natasha Diaz
Communists in Harlem during the Depression by Mark Naison
Confessions in B-Flat by Donna Hill
The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
The Crazy Kill by Chester Himes
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Curvy and the Beast by Elisa Leigh
Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether
Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Dear Old Dead by Jane Haddam
Double Dunk: The Inspiring Story of a Harlem Basketball Legend by Barry Beckham
Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family by Bruce D. Haynes
Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah by Aberjhani
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston
Ella Fitzgerald: the Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Pinkney
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Cary D. Wintz
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Aberjhani
The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes
Extraordinary People of the Harlem Renaissance by P. Stephen Hardy
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [short fiction] by Edgar Allan Poe
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Far Beyond the Stars by Steven Barnes
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Friday Nights at Honeybee's by Andrea Smith
From Abandonment to Hope: Community-Households in Harlem by Jacqueline Leavitt
Gangsters of Harlem by Ron Chepesiuk
Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent by Richard Bruce Nugent
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Harlem by Walter Dean Myers
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
Harlem Glory: A Fragment Of Aframerican Life by Claude McKay
Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968 by Allon Schoener
Harlem photographs, 1932-1940 by Aaron Siskind
The Harlem Renaissance by Dolores Johnson
The Harlem Renaissance (20th Century Perspectives) by Adam Schaefer
The Harlem Renaissance 1920-1940: Analysis and assessment, 1980-1994 by Cary D. Wintz
The Harlem Renaissance in American History by Ann Gaines
The Harlem Renaissance in the American West: The New Negro's Western Experience (New Directions in American History) by Cary D. Wintz
The Harlem Renaissance: A Celebration of Creativity (Journey to Freedom: The African American Library) by Lucia Raatma
The Harlem Renaissance: A History and an Anthology by Cary Wintz
The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction by Cheryl A. Wall
The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) by Allison Lassieur
Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America by Mary Schmidt Campbell
The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 (Circles of the Twentieth Century) by Steven Watson
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance by Cary D. Wintz
Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History Of The Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill
Harlem Style: Designing for the New Urban Aesthetic by Roderick N. Shade
Harlem Summer by Walter Dean Myers
Harlem Summer by Mary Elizabeth Vroman
Harlem Sunset by Nekesa Afia
Harlem, Lost and Found by Michael Henry Adams
Harlem: A Century in Images by Studio Museum
Harlem: The Making of a Ghetto : Negro New York, 1890-1930 by Gilbert Osofsky
Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto by Camilo José Vergara
Harlemworld: Metropolis as Metaphor by Thelma Golden
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers
Historias de Nueva York by Enric González
A History of New York by François Weil
Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block by Judith Matloff
Home to Harlem by Claude McKay
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Hot from Harlem: Profiles in Classic African-American Entertainment by Bill Reed
Hot from Harlem: Twelve African American Entertainers, 1890-1960 by Bill Reed
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Incognegro by Mat Johnson
Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City by Michelle Nevius
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Jazz by Toni Morrison
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill
Jazz Moon by Joe Okonkwo
Jazz: Our Language (1924-1929) by Ken Burns
Jazz: The Gift (1917-1924) by Ken Burns
Jordan: The Comeback by Prefab Sprout
Just Above My Head by James Baldwin
King Oliver by Martin T. Williams
Let Us Dream by Alyssa Cole
Lost New York by Nathan Silver
Luke Cage Noir by Mike Benson
Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown
Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel by Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca
Muhammad Ali: The Playboy Interviews (50 Years of the Playboy Interview) by Playboy
My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey by Jeanne Walker Harvey
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
Mystery of the Dark Tower by Evelyn Coleman
National Geographic Magazine 1977 v151 #2 February by Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Negro Life in New York's Harlem: A Lively Picture of a Popular and Interesting Section by Wallace Thurman
The New American Ghetto by Camilo Jose Vergara
New Jack City [1991 film] by Mario Van Peebles
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart
New York on $15 & $20 a Day [1978-79 Edition] by Joan Hamburg
On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor
Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
Passing by Nella Larsen
Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Push by Sapphire
Quicksand by Nella Larsen — not in English Common Knowledge
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan
The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Rite of passage by Richard Wright
The road to Zagora by Richard Collins
Ruby by Rosa Guy
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
Run Man Run by Chester Himes — not in English Common Knowledge
The Sage in Harlem: H.L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s by Charles Scruggs
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson
I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus
Shaky Bones: A Story of the Harlem Renaissance (Scrapbooks of America) by Pamela Dell
Showtime at the Apollo by Ted Fox
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater [graphic novel] by Ted Fox
Simple takes a wife by Langston Hughes
Simple's Uncle Sam by Langston Hughes
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald by Roxane Orgill
Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940 by Chad Heap
Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson
Sorrow Is the Only Faithful One: THE LIFE OF OWEN DODSON by James V. Hatch
The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford
Spanish Harlem's musical legacy, 1930-1980 by Silvio H. Alava
Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon
Spirit Archives, Volume 1 by Will Eisner
Spirit of Harlem: A Portrait of America's Most Exciting Neighborhood by Craig Marberry
Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Static Shock (The New 52) Vol. 1: Supercharged by Scott McDaniel
The Steel Pan Man of Harlem by Colin Bootman
Still Life in Harlem: A Memoir by Eddy L. Harris
The Street by Ann Petry
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
Strivers Row by Kevin Baker
Sugar Hill: Where The Sun Rose Over Harlem by Terry Baker Mulligan
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! by Andrea J. Loney
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley
That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole
This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950 by Jervis Anderson
I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 by Wil Haygood
Touring Historic Harlem: Four Walks in Northern Manhattan by Andrew S. Dolkart
Unfinished Masterpiece: The Harlem Renaissance Fiction of Anita Scott Coleman by Laurie Champion
Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon
Uptown by Bryan Collier
V. by Thomas Pynchon
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
A Walk Through Harlem - Crossroads of People, Ideas and Dreams by David Hartman
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Watson and Holmes: A Study In Black by Karl Bollers
Werecat: The Glaring by Andrew J. Peters
Werecat: The Rearing by Andrew J. Peters
Werecat: The Trilogy by Andrew J. Peters
What They Found: Love on 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Hugh Pearson
When Harlem Was In Vogue by David Levering Lewis
Where The Boys Are: Murder, Martinis and Mayhem... Boys will be Boys by Christopher Murphy
Why Didn’t You Tell Me?: A Memoir by Carmen Rita Wong
Why Me? The Sammy Davis Jr. Story by Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Wiz [1978 film] by Sidney Lumet
The Wiz: Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack by Charlie Smalls
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz
The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers