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The 31 pages that link to Harlem, each with the reason it gives.

• Great MigrationBroader topic: Harlem’s growth reflected migration to New York and helped support its cultural institutions.

• American modernismBroader topic: Its institutions and communities provided a setting for the Harlem Renaissance.

• Harry BelafonteRelated: Belafonte grew up partly in Harlem, whose community shaped his early experiences.

• Cotton ClubNarrower topic: The nightclub became a prominent but racially exclusive entertainment venue in this neighborhood.

• Thelonious MonkNarrower topic: Monk’s early career developed within Harlem’s tightly connected communities of musicians and clubs.

• Stride pianoBroader topic: Harlem was the central setting for stride’s early performance culture.

• Arthur MillerRelated: Miller was born in Harlem in 1915, before his family’s finances changed during the Depression.

• Billie HolidayRelated: Holiday developed as a performer in Harlem clubs during the 1930s.

• Althea GibsonRelated: Gibson grew up in Harlem, where paddle tennis first drew her into competitive sport.

• Burt LancasterRelated: Lancaster grew up in Harlem, where his family lived during his childhood.

• The Apollo TheaterNarrower topic: The theater’s identity and audience grew from Harlem’s communities and institutions.

• Block partyBroader topic: Harlem is associated with early hip-hop events held outdoors for local audiences.

• Bud PowellRelated: Powell grew up in Harlem, where jazz musicians and venues shaped his early musical environment.

• Minton's PlayhouseNarrower topic: Minton’s belonged to a wider Harlem scene that sustained jazz experimentation.

• Alex HaleyRelated: Haley’s journalism and interviews connected him to prominent Black artists and public figures.

• Fats WallerBroader topic: Harlem supplied the clubs, theatres, and musical community in which Waller built his career.

• Faith RinggoldRelated: Ringgold’s childhood in Harlem shaped the settings and communities depicted in her work.

• Sarah VaughanRelated: Its clubs and theaters formed part of the New York jazz world where Vaughan first worked.

• Cecil TaylorRelated: Taylor grew up in New York, where Harlem’s cultural life formed part of his early environment.

• Cicely TysonRelated: Tyson was born and raised in Harlem, where her early life began.

• Sonny RollinsRelated: Rollins grew up in Harlem amid the musical life that shaped his early development.

• Kurtis BlowRelated: Blow grew up in Harlem, a formative setting for his musical career.

• Nella LarsenRelated: Larsen lived and worked in Harlem during the period that shaped her best-known fiction.

• Sugar Ray RobinsonRelated: Robinson grew up in Harlem, where he began boxing as a boy.

• Clarence 13XBroader topic: Clarence 13X founded the Five Percent Nation in this New York neighborhood.

• Stephanie St. ClairBroader topic: It was the setting for St. Clair's business, activism, and disputes with organized crime.

• Take the "A" TrainRelated: The title’s subway route leads toward Harlem, where Ellington’s band was based at the time.

• Bumpy JohnsonNarrower topic: Johnson’s criminal authority was rooted in Harlem’s neighborhood institutions and streets.

• History of New York CityBroader topic: Harlem’s transformation illustrates the city’s central role in African American history.

• Iris ApfelRelated: Apfel credited Harlem’s street style with influencing her early interest in fashion.

• Nicky BarnesRelated: Barnes’s organization operated within the Harlem communities affected by its heroin trade.