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Paperback Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem Book

ISBN: 0231198930

ISBN13: 9780231198936

Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem

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At the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem--the iconic Black neighborhood--was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem's transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in 1903, vowing to vanquish housing discrimination. Yet this ambitious mission faltered as Payton faced the constraints of white capitalist power structures.

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