Harlem on My Mind, Cultural Captial of Black America 1900-1978
New York: Delta / Dell Publishing, 1979.
Softcover. Near fine. First Delta printing. 11" x 8.5", 272 pp, extensively illustrated. Previous owner's name on half-title page, very minor cover wear, else fine. "Companion to a controversial documentary exhibit that appeared at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969. Harlem on My Mind (the title comes from the novel by writer Claude McKay) includes hundreds of photographs (many by the celebrated James VanDerZee) of the famous, like Duke Ellington or Malcolm X, as well as of anonymous Harlemites in bars, restaurants, rooming houses and on the street" (later publisher's description).
Item #24551
Price: $50.00