Book
From Harlem with love : an Ivy Leaguer's inner city odyssey : a memoir
Publication Information
New York : Lantern Books, c2012.
Physical Description
xxiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
- Introduction : Have faith, Mrs. Stokes. Harlem will rise again!
- pt. 1. Purgatory : 1980s. The battle for Harlem's soul
- Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
- The old repair man
- The Gang of Four
- "Gone by forty"
- "Let's go! Five-O!"
- pt. 2. Plodding : 1990s. Find the mentor!
- A little of her sunshine
- From Harlem with love
- No justice, no peace!
- What's this guy doing on 129th Street?
- Look out!
- pt. 3. Providence : 2000s. We love Bill!
- Into the marvelous light
- Harlem's not for sale
- Harlem rocks!
- In unison to walk
- I, too, sing America
- Climbing toward the higher ground.
Subjects
- Holland, Joseph H.
- Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York.
- Community development > New York (State) > New York.
- African American businesspeople > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
- Real estate developers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
- African American lawyers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.