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Linda Tarrant-Reid at The Harlem Book Fair
Linda Tarrant-Reid at The Harlem Book Fair Saturday, July 24, 2004. The author of Discovering Black New York A Guide To The City's Most Important African American Landmarks, Restaurants, Museums, Historical Sites, And More! Discovering Black New York takes you on a fascinating, off-the-beaten-track tour of the Big Apple. From the world-famous Apollo Theatre to the respected Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to the many excellent soul food restaurants, this unusual city travel guide covers all the hot spots, including historical sites, museums and art galleries, shopping, tours, nightclubs, and other attractions related to African American history and culture. Check out this website where Discovering Black New York Reveals Over 500 Historically and Culturally Significant Locations. Including: * When the first blacks arrived in New York and how they got there * The outcome of the court fight to gain their freedom * The role slaves played in the creation of Wall Street * The first organized slave rebellion in Manhattan - you can still visit the street * The former home of George Washington's aide, pictured in the famous oil painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, which is now an excellent restaurant * The location of Downing's Oyster House where fugitive slaves were hidden in the basement * The African Grove where a black theater group performed Shakespeare between 1821 and 1830 * Fraunces Tavern, a black-owned inn, where George Washington made his Farewell Address to his troops in 1783 * Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, where the first black-owned newspaper in the United States was published * The African Burial Ground where 408 intact remains of colonial blacks were uncovered in 1991 * What spurred the migration of blacks from southern Manhattan to Harlem in the early 1900s * The church attended by Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Paul Robeson * And hundreds more........at
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The 6th Harlem Book Fair! This, the largest African American book fair of its kind, expected to draw more than 40,000 New Yorkers and visitors to West 135th Street (from Fifth Avenue to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevards) in Harlem. Over 250 booths will be set up along West 135th Street offering books, story-telling, readings, and opportunities to meet and greet authors on four stages that will feature spoken word poets, celebrities, and music throughout the day.