#harlem

... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where, if need be, somebody had to take us in. Harlem defined us, claiming our consciousness and, I suspect, our unconsciousness. (Page 64) ↗

— Ossie Davis

#home

The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance. ↗

— Aberjhani

#creativity #harlem-renaissance #history #horror #humanity

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars. ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#color #days #harlem #kid #like

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#brought #grandmother #harlem #hills #hollywood

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#avenue #brand #done #harlem #know

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#harlem #indian #michael #plays #prophet

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. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#gives #great #happening #harlem #movie

I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that. ↗

— Queen Latifah

#dose #every #every time #get #grew

I haven't seen a professional player come out of New York in over 20 years since my brother Patrick came out. Blake spent a few years in Harlem, but he moved to Connecticut when he was a kid. ↗

— John McEnroe

#brother #came #come #connecticut #few

I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#back #brought #did #four #got