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Kudos Extended to Leo Downes and Noble Bratton for Organizing the Hubert Harrison Event at the Harlem YMCA on June 30, 2009

Kudos are extended to Leo Downes and Noble Bratton for organizing a wonderful, standing room only, Hubert Harrison event at the Harlem YMCA (180 W. 135th St.) last night. The "Y" was a site of many Harrison talks and it is situated only 1 1/2 blocks from Harrison's former apartment at 231 W. 134th Street (which, when he was alive, was the most densely populated block in Harlem). As expected from Leo, Noble, and the attendees, the discussion after the slide presentation and talk was high caliber with many insightful questions and points raised. As with previous Harrison events, discussions continued on well past the end of the event. Read More 
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3 Hubert Harrison Discussions This Week--Tuesday at the Harlem Y, Friday and Saturday on BookTV-CSPAN2

Three Hubert Harrison events are scheduled this week--
1. June 30, 2009, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, Book Talk/Slide Presentation on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918." Harlem YMCA, 180 W. 135th St., NYC.
2. July 3, 2009, Friday, 6:15 PM, Book TV--CSPAN2 television broadcast of January 21, 2009, Barnes & Noble (82nd St., NY), discussion of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of  Read More 
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