00:02This is my grandfather. I don't know much about him. The photo is all I have. A Harlem address on
00:10the back.
00:19272 Lenox Avenue, Harlem. This looks to be like, wow, the early 1900s.
00:24Black people were still being attacked in America. They migrated there to escape Jim Crow.
00:29Harlem was like the land of milk and honey. It's just the fact that it was a Harlem Renaissance.
00:35There were lots of clubs throughout Harlem.
00:39When the Savoy Ballroom opens up, it's the first time the races could mix.
00:44And all anybody ever wanted to know was, could you dance?
00:48The best light in that time was enlightenment, was the new Negro, the idea that we're a fellow.
00:53They're not asking you who they are. They're telling you who they are.
00:56I didn't know who Vantersy was. I jumped in the back seat with these two men who were going through
01:02Harlem.
01:02So that is the chair Busquets said then?
01:06Yes. And the Bear for Profit and a whole lot of people.
01:09So important, historically, for Harlemites to see the brilliance and the beauty of our people.
01:17during a time when it was not so easy for us. Not that it's even easy now.
01:22We all have people!
01:24Save Harlem now! Save Harlem now! Save Harlem now! Save Harlem now!
01:47So long, when we're za Amendment to get to the office today, we're talking about the
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