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'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets

The playful second book in the author's Harlem Trilogy shows Ray Carney scheming how to get his teenage daughter into the concert of her dreams. Alarming capers ensue.

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Apollo Theater CEO Jonelle Procope to leave the historic landmark on safe financial ground

Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and expansion, markedly different from the tumultuous, cash-strapped decades that preceded it

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan releases initial witness list for GOP hearing; Bragg isn’t on it

A Harlem bodega clerk who fatally stabbed an attacker and was initially charged with murder by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will be a star witness at a U.S. House hearing in New York highlighting violent crime in the city where Donald Trump is facing charges.

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Leonard Greene: Debate over Elijah Muhammad street naming was missing a key element — Malcolm X

NEW YORK — In a city where statues and schools have been named after one-time pimps, slave owners and wagers of war, it is not at all surprising that a street could be named for a man who called white people “blue-eyed devils.”

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Plan to name Harlem block for Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad passes NY City Council

NEW YORK — The New York City Council on Thursday approved a plan to name a Harlem block in honor of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam.

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‘A long time coming’: Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam runs for office

Salaam, who was falsely accused at age 15 of gang rape and incarcerated for seven years, is hoping to use his experience to create a positive change

The Guardian - US

How to spend a day in Harlem, New York City’s soulful, historic community

Slightly out of the Manhattan melee, this venerable old neighbourhood has plenty of character and hearty food to go with its culture-rich history, says Jacqui Agate

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NYC Council members clash over plan to name Harlem block for Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad

NEW YORK — Members of the New York City Council clashed Tuesday over a proposal to name a Harlem block in honor of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam.

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NYPD cold case detective closes decades-old investigation into Harlem double-murder with DNA

New York Police Department Detective Ryan Glas was a 10-year-old kid when a sickly Harlem mom and her special needs daughter were strangled inside their home in 1994.

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As overdose deaths climb in NYC, East Harlem residents say a safe space for users is hurting their neighborhood

NEW YORK — As the death toll from opioids skyrockets in New York, the role of supervised drug injection centers in reducing fatalities has been a key focus of attention.

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Drake and 21 Savage pause Apollo concert after fan falls from mezzanine

Drake and 21 Savage were forced to halt their Sunday concert at the Apollo Theater in New York after a concertgoer fell from the historic Harlem venue’s balcony section.

Los Angeles Times

Man charged with killing a doctor, fatally slashing stranger’s throat, attacking bar patrons in NYC spree

NEW YORK — A man stopped by police in a stolen Mercedes-Benz in the Bronx has been charged with randomly stabbing to death of a doctor in a Harlem park, fatally slashing a stranger’s neck on a Lower East Side sidewalk, and stabbing two customers inside an East Harlem bar…

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Princess Diana's impromptu act in New York changed Kate Middleton's royal role

Diana, Princess of Wales visited New York several times over the years and had one of her most famous encounters during a visit to Harlem Hospital in February 1989

Irish Mirror

Subway rider stabbed during unprovoked attack in Harlem station, NYPD says

NEW YORK — A rider was stabbed in the back during an unprovoked attack at a Harlem subway station early Friday, police said.

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The Independent UK

Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

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Evening Standard

Who is Tito Puente? Google Doodle celebrates American ‘Nuyorican’ musician

The Puerto Rican artist, who grew up in Spanish Harlem, is being celebrated by Google for Hispanic Heritage Month in the US

The Guardian - UK

Blues for an Alabama Sky review – Harlem renaissance drama is a tale for our times

A group of friends in 1930s New York pursue diverging dreams in a transfixing production of Pearl Cleage’s play directed by Lynette Linton

The Guardian - UK

British artists recreate ‘A Great Day in Harlem’ photo for Black History Month

Project marks 40th anniversary of British black arts movement and features emerging black talent

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‘Today’ show’s Al Roker getting his own ice cream flavor at local Harlem shop

Here’s the scoop about Al Roker. Harlem’s Sugar Hill Creamery plans to roll out a flavor dedicated to the popular “Today” show weatherman.

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NYPD union may sue teen punched out by cop in caught-on-camera clash

NEW YORK — An NYPD union may sue the 19-year-old woman who tried to interfere with her boyfriend’s arrest for attempted-murder in Harlem — and was slugged by a city cop as a result.

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Review: 'Stories From the Tenants Downstairs,' by Sidik Fofana

FICTION: Eight linked stories about resourceful neighbors in a Harlem apartment building.

The Guardian - UK

Would New York’s crack cocaine epidemic spread to London? The Observer investigates in 1987

Our reporters took to the streets of Harlem to assess the dangers of the lethal drug. By Michael Segalov

Salon

Race, police and politics: 1964 and now

America's first year of urban "riots" (or "uprisings") changed our politics forever — and not in a good way

The Guardian - US

Live From Emmet’s Place: inside New York’s most exclusive jazz concert

Early in the pandemic, jazz pianist Emmet Cohen started a weekly gig in his apartment. It only has eight attendees but online fans all over the world

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Suspected NYC serial stabber arrested in attacks on sleeping homeless victims

NEW YORK — The knife-wielding attacker suspected of stabbing three sleeping homeless men in Manhattan, killing one, was arrested Wednesday morning after a passer-by spotted him at a Harlem bus stop, a police source said.

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