A guided walk through Harlem in the 1920s. Wallace Thurman describes its streets, its two hundred thousand residents, its crowded housing, its night life and amusements, its house rent parties, its churches and its Black newspapers.
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About this audiobook
A guided walk through Harlem in the 1920s. Wallace Thurman describes its streets, its two hundred thousand residents, its crowded housing, its night life and amusements, its house rent parties, its churches and its Black newspapers. He closes with chapters on the New Negro and on Harlem as a cultural capital.
It was published in 1928 as a Little Blue Book. Thurman, a Harlem Renaissance writer, saw the place as a resident. Salathiel Reagan reads it in seventy-four minutes.
For readers interested in the history of Harlem.
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Details
Length
1 hr 14 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
July 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798240196836
Questions
Who narrates the Negro Life in New York's Harlem audiobook?
This edition of Negro Life in New York's Harlem by Wallace Thurman is narrated by Salathiel Reagan.
How long is the Negro Life in New York's Harlem audiobook?
It runs 1 hr 14 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?
Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is Certified Human Voice: performed start to finish by a real narrator.
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