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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division. Reproduced with permission from the Board of Directors, The Good Life Center.

Scott Nearing, Black America (New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929)

Native African Union

Harlem at the time of the migration was home to many people of the African Diaspora; they had come from the American South, several Caribbean islands, South America, and Africa. Movements to reclaim their African heritage and bring unity to the disparate groups had great appeal.

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Image ID: 1168456
Title: A Harlem "Back to Africa" announcement, Negro Club, New York.
Source: Black America.
Published: 1929
Location: General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Subjects: African American neighborhoods
African Americans
African Americans -- Social conditions
African diaspora
Back to Africa movement
Billboards
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Keywords: Harlem, New York
Native African Union
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