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Tables of Contents for A Renaissance in Harlem
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: History from the Ground Up
1
20
Part 1 Two Harlems
Minstrel Show
21
3
Whites Invade Harlem
24
9
Levi Hurbert
Part 2 Lost Manuscripts
Visible Men
33
3
Eddie's Bar
36
3
Ralph Ellison
Colonial Park
39
5
Ralph Ellison
Sweet the Monkey
44
2
Ralph Ellison
The Street
46
4
Ralph Ellison
My People
50
4
Ralph Ellison
Clarence Weinstock
Pluto
54
5
Dorothy West
Rent Parties
59
9
Frank Byrd
Buffet Flat
68
4
Frank Byrd
Slick Reynolds
72
3
Frank Byrd
Laundry Workers
75
3
Vivian Morris
Negro Laundry Workers
78
7
Vivian Morris
Part 3 Pushcarts, Thursday Girls, and Other Workers
Afternoon in a Pushcart Peddlers' Colony
85
5
Frank Byrd
Street Cries and Cries
90
5
Frank Byrd
Terry Roth
Homey the Vegetable Man
95
2
Frank Byrd
Kingfish
97
12
Marion Charles Hatch
Life in the Harlem Markets
109
1
Frank Byrd
The Harlem Market
109
11
Frank Byrd
Fatso the Slickster, Pullman Porters', and Dining Car Folklore
120
5
Frank Byrd
Fatso's Mistake
125
3
Frank Byrd
Chef Watkins's Alibi
128
2
Frank Byrd
Chef Sampson's Icebox
130
2
Frank Byrd
West Indies
132
3
Ellis Williams
Worker's Alliance
135
1
Vivian Morris
Laundry Worker's Choir
135
6
Vivian Morris
Thursday Girls
141
5
Vivian Morris
Slave Market
146
7
Vivian Morris
Domestic Workers Union
153
4
Vivian Morris
Domestic Price Wars
157
4
Vivian Morris
Private Life of Big Bess
161
11
Frank Byrd
Betty
172
3
Frank Byrd
Commercial Enterprise
175
3
Vivian Morris
Dancing Girls
178
2
Vivian Morris
Finger Waves and Nu Life Pomades
180
9
Vivian Morris
Part 4 Uptown gods, Kings, and Other Spiritual Entities
God Was Happy
189
9
Vivian Morris
Peace in the Kingdom
198
6
Frank Byrd
Father Divine Comes to Harlem
204
6
Levi Hurbert
Emancipation
210
4
Frank Byrd
Divine Is Gawd
214
4
Herman Spector
Temple of Grace
218
8
Dorothy West
Deities and Their Duesenbergs
226
2
Vivian Morris
Holy and Sanctified
228
5
Vivian Morris
Obeah
233
7
Ellis Williams
Conjure Man
240
4
Vivian Morris
Ghost Story
244
9
Dorothy West
Part 5 People, Places, and Things
Amateur Night at the Apollo
253
7
Dorothy West
Almost Made King
260
11
Vivian Morris
Cocktail Party
271
9
Dorothy West
Cliff Webb and Billie Day
280
3
Frank Byrd
Matt Henson Retires
283
4
Theodore Poston
Race Horse Row
287
5
Vivian Morris
Harlem Hospital
292
3
Vivian Morris
Angelo Herndon
295
4
Theodore Poston
Swing Clubs
299
Vivian Morris