Discover how six million people transformed Harlem — and how this neighbourhood became the beating heart of African American culture. Find out where to explore that heritage today.
Six million African Americans left the South between 1910 and 1970. Millions came to New York — and one neighbourhood changed the world. Discover the Harlem they built, the streets they walked, and where to find their story today.
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Discover the Harlem your ancestors helped shape — the neighbourhood that rose from the Great Migration to become the cultural capital of Black America, and where to trace that history today.
Discover how a million African Americans transformed Harlem into the cultural capital of Black America — and where to trace that remarkable history today.
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