Harlem is Nowhere

For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. A finalist for the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography, and a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.