I'm just a girl from Harlem who ended up in the right place at the right time.
You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.
I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
Harlem is a stage. It's like its own planet, from the way we dress to the swag in the way we walk and talk.
I've dated interracially a lot. I grew up in Harlem, so I've dated Latins, Dominican, Guyanese, Cuban, black, white.
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers.
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
There were the people that believed in me when I was walking around Spanish Harlem, saying that I was going to be a Hollywood actress. They were like, 'Yeah, you could do it!'
I am a chef through and through. Everything I do - whether it is cooking for kids in Harlem or cooking in a fine dining establishment - all my days are consumed by food.
Finding creative and effective ways to simultaneously give back and economically empower people is something that is increasingly important. Not everyone can open a business and directly create jobs in the way that we have at Red Rooster Harlem.
I've lived all over the world, but Harlem is very special to me, and when I decided to open a restaurant near my home, I didn't want it to be business as usual.
Dance Theatre of Harlem has done a lot of good things well, a lot of good things badly, and a lot of bad things - it doesn't matter how.
I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.
I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.
