Where is Harlem?
Prof. BERNARD: Harlem is in Manhattan. It’s kind of Upper Manhattan. And Harlem has had a lot of different incarnations over the course of its lifetime. Before it became kind of the black Mecca, as it was called, during that period, it w–had–it had claimed members of Dutch residence, German resid–residence, Irish residence. So it’s had a lot of different kinds of manifestations. LAMB: What’s it like today? Prof. BERNARD: It s–it still has a lot of the same kind of flavor as it did in the ’20s. I mean, you can still go to the street called Striver’s Row, which was the home to Harlem’s elite. You can still see the magnificent architecture there, and it still claims a lot of sort of black luminaries. But of course, it’s seen a lot of economic devastation since the sort of booming economy that made it flourish during the early part–the early ’20s. LAMB: If you buy your book, what do you get? Prof. BERNARD: If you buy the book, you get not only a story, I think–an interesting story ab
