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Places and Faces: Harlem
By Megan and Maja Vann
Lenox Avenue is the heart of Harlem and as such when the
subway stations were renovated, the art reflected the
neighborhood.
| Person |
Birth and Death |
Occupation |
|
116th Street Uptown
|
| Minton’s
Playhouse |
|
|
|
| Place |
Reference Numbers |
| Apollo
Theater |
1-2 |
| Studio
Museum |
3-5 |
| National
Black Theater |
6 |
| Harlem
Hospital |
7 |
| Schomberg
Library |
8-9 |
|
Malcom Shabazz Masjid |
10-11 |
| Abyssinian
Baptist Church |
12-15 |
State Office Building/
Theresa Towers |
16 |
| |
|
Reference # |
Person |
Birth and Death |
Occupation |
| 1 |
Edward "duke" Ellington |
4/29/1899-5/24/1974 |
Composer, Musician, Bandleader |
| 2 |
Bill "Bojangles’ Robinson |
5/25/1878-11/25/1949 |
Pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance
performer |
| 3 |
Zora Neale Hurston |
1/7/1891-1/28/1960 |
American folklorist and author during the Harlem
renaissance |
| 4 |
Billie Holiday |
4/7/1915-7/17/1959 |
American Blues singer |
| 5 |
Alvin Ailey |
1/5/1931-12/1/1989 |
African American modern dancer and choreographer |
| 6 |
Langston Hughes |
2/1/1902-5/2/1967 |
American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer |
| 7 |
A. Phillip Randolph |
4/15/1889-5/16/1979 |
Socialist in the labor movement and the U.S. civil
rights movement |
|
8 |
W. E. Burghart(W.E.B.)
DuBois |
2/23/1868-8/27/1963 |
American civil rights activist, leader, sociologist,
educator, writer, editor, poet, scholar, socialist |
|
9 |
Ira Aldridge |
7/24/1809-8/74/1867 |
American Stage actor who found fame in London, England |
| 10 |
Malcom X |
5/19/1925-2/21/1965 |
Black
Muslim minister and national spokesman for the Nation of
Islam |
| 11 |
Paul
Robeson |
4/9/1898-1/23/1976 |
Multilingual American actor ,athlete,
singer(Bass-baritone). Stalin Peace Price Laureate |
| 12A |
Adam
Clayton Powell Senior |
5/5/1865-6/12/19563 |
Clergyman,
author, Father of Adam Clayton Powell Junior |
| 12B |
Adam
Clayton Powell Junior |
11/29/1908-4/4/1972 |
Politician.
First prominent African American to become powerful in
congress |
| 13 |
Madame C J
Walker |
12/23/1867-5/25/1919 |
African
American philanthropist and tycoon |
| 14 |
Ella
Fitzgerald |
4/25/197-6/15/1996 |
African
American jazz singer |
| 15 |
Marcus (Mose) Garvey |
8/7/1887-6/10/1940 |
Publisher,
journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, founder of
LINIA-ACL |
| 16 |
Thurgood
Marshall |
7/2/1905-1/24/1993 |
Jurist,
First African American to serve on the U.S Supreme Court |
|
125th
Street Uptown
Flying Home
|
| Madame C J
Walker |
12/23/1867-5/25/1919 |
African
American philanthropist and tycoon |
| Jesse Owens |
9/12/1912-3/13/1980 |
Popular
African American Athlete and civic leader |
|
Marcus Garvery |
8/7/1887-6/10/1940 |
Publisher,
journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, founder of
LINIA-ACL |
| Adam
Clayton Powell Junior |
11/29/1908-4/4/1972 |
Politician.
First prominent African American to become powerful in
congress |
| Countee
Cullen |
5/30/1903-1/9/1946 |
American
Poet |
| Langston
Hughes |
2/1/1902-5/2/1967 |
American
poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer |
| James
Baldwin |
8/2/1924-12/1/1989 |
Novelist,
short story writer and essayist |
| Zora Neale
Thurston |
|
|
| W.E.DuBois |
2/23/1868-8/27/1963 |
American
civil rights activist, leader, sociologist, educator,
writer, editor, poet, scholar, socialist |
| Mary McLeod
Bethune |
|
|
| Martin
Luther King Junior |
1929-1968 |
American
civil rights leader, political activist, Southern
Baptist Minister, |
| Malcom X |
5/19/1925-2/21/1965 |
Black
Muslim minister and national spokesman for the Nation of
Islam |
|
125th Street : Flying Home
Downtown
|
|
Cotton Club
|
| Josephine
Baker |
6/3/1906-4/12/1975 |
Dancer, actress and
singer
|
| Duke
Ellington |
4/29/1899-5/24/1974 |
Composer,
Musician, Bandleader |
| Bessie
Smith |
7/1892-9/26/1967 |
Blues
singer of the 20’s and 30’s |
|
Yankee Stadium
|
| Joe Louis |
1914-1987 |
African
American professional boxer |
| Sugar Ray
Leonard |
1956- |
Professional boxer |
|
Studio Museum in
Harlem
|
| Augusta
Savage |
2/29/1892-3/26/1962 |
African
American sculptor |
| Jacob
Lawrence |
9/7/1917-6/9/2000 |
African
American painter |
| Romare
Bearden |
1911-1988 |
African
American artist |
| Norman
Lewis |
1908-2003 |
British
writer |
| Aaron
Douglas |
1900-1979 |
American
painter and major figure in Harlem renaissance |
|
Apollo Theater
|
| Dinah
Washington |
1924-1963 |
Blues, R &
B, Jazz singer |
| Florence
Mills |
1896-1927 |
African
American cabaret singer, dancer |
| Ralph
Cooper |
1908-1992 |
Actor |
| Billie
Holiday |
4/7/1915-7/17/1959 |
American
Blues singer |
|
The Ink Spots |
Musical group |
|
Jerry Daniels |
|
|
Dell Watson |
|
Billy Powert |
|
Bill Kenny |
|
Harlem Opera House
|
| Marian
Andersen |
|
|
| Paul
Robeson |
4/9/1898-1/23/1976 |
Multilingual American actor ,athlete, singer
(Bass-baritone). Stalin Peace Price Laureate |
|
135th Street: Harlem Time
Line
Uptown: Black Manhattan
|
| Malcom X |
5/19/1925-2/21/1965 |
Black
Muslim minister and national spokesman for the Nation of
Islam |
| City
College |
Founded
1847 |
|
| John
Coltrane |
1926-1967 |
American
jazz saxophonist and composer |
| Paul
Robeson |
4/9/1898-1/23/1976 |
Multilingual American actor, athlete, singer
(Bass-baritone). Stalin Peace Price Laureate |
| Harlem
General Hospital 1926 |
|
|
| Harlem
Hospital |
|
|
|
135th and
Lenox |
|
|
|
135th Street: Harlem Time
Line
Uptown: Village of Harlem
|
| Children at
Play (Double Dutch) |
|
|
| Thelonious
Monk |
1917-1982 |
Jazz
pianist and composer |
| Father
Divine |
1800-1965 |
African
American spiritual leader |
| Billie
Holiday |
4/7/1915-7/17/1959 |
American
Blues singer |
| Bill
"Bojangles" Robinson |
5/25/1878-11/25/1949 |
Pioneer and
pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer |
| Abyssinian
Baptist Church |
Founded
1808 |
Famous
black church in Harlem |
| UNIA Parade |
|
|
| Marcus
Garvey |
8/7/1887-6/10/1940 |
Publisher,
journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, founder of
LINIA-ACL |
|
135th Street: Harlem Tine
Line
Downtown: "What’s in my Hand?"
|
| Adam
Clayton Powell Junior |
11/29/1908-4/4/1972 |
Politician.
First prominent African American to become powerful in
congress |
| Clara Ward |
1924-1973 |
Gospel
artist |
| Nail and
Parker Building |
|
|
| Abyssinian
Baptist church |
Founded
1808 |
Famous
black church in Harlem |
| Checker
Players |
|
|
| Charlie
Parker |
|
|
|
135th and
Lenox |
|
|
| Bird of
Sankofa |
|
|
|
135th Street
Library (Schomberg Collection)
|
|
|
| Schomberg
Center for Research in Black Culture |
|
|
|
135th Street : Harlem Time
Line
Downtown: "Black Bird"
|
| Children at
Study |
|
|
| Langston
Hughes |
2/1/1902-5/2/1967 |
American
poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer |
|
Bust of Ira Aldridge As
Othello
|
7/24/1809-8/74/1867 |
American
Stage actor who found fame in London, England |
|
Madame C J Walker and
Friends
|
12/23/1867-5/25/1919 |
African
American philanthropist and tycoon |
| Louis
Armstrong |
|
|
| Florence
Mills |
1896-1927 |
African
American cabaret singer, dancer |
| Duke
Ellington |
4/29/1899-5/24/1974 |
Composer,
Musician, Bandleader |
| Doctor
W.E.B. DuBois |
2/23/1868-8/27/1963 |
American
civil rights activist, leader, sociologist, educator,
writer, editor, poet, scholar, socialist |
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