Harlem

:This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. For other places named Harlem, see Harlem (disambiguation).

Activism in Harlem

The NAACP arrived in Harlem in 1910 and Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1916. However, the earliest social activism by blacks to change the situation in Harlem itself may have been the ultimately successful campaign to force retail shops on 125th Street to hire black employees. Boycotts were originally organized by the Communist Party and the Citizens' League for Fair Play in the 1930s, and efforts were continued under other leadership, including that of preacher and later congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Related Topics:
NAACP - Marcus Garvey's - Universal Negro Improvement Association - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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Residents of Harlem rioted in 1935, 1943, 1964, 1968, and 1995. Most of these riots stemmed from real or rumored brutality by the police. However, the 1968 riot followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1995 riots were organized by black activists against Jewish shopowners on 125th street.

Related Topics:
1935 - 1943 - 1964 - 1968 - 1995 - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Today, the Abyssinian Baptist Church is a particularly potent organization, possessing great wealth as a result of its extensive real estate holdings. It advocates on behalf of its mostly lower class, black community. The neighborhood is a center for the Black Muslim movement in the United States. Malcolm X lived in Harlem and was assassinated in the Audobon Ballroom in Washington Heights in 1965.

Related Topics:
Abyssinian Baptist Church - Malcolm X - Audobon Ballroom - Washington Heights

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Harlem has one of the highest asthma rates in

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the United States. This is largely due to high particulate matter, mostly due to diesel emissions from buses and trucks. The environmental group WEACT has been instrumental in bringing this to the public's attention.

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