Society, Politics & Law
A brief history of Harlem
...bases in the area and in 1966 The Black Panthers were organising in the neighbourhood. The 1970s were the bottom for Harlem - those who could afford to flee did; those who remained mainly did so not through choice, but because of lack of other options. Attempts by the City of New York to return confiscated properties to the market were quickly beset by scandal, fraud and...