Edward W. Lewis’s Life in Harlem: A City of Contrasts

Black and white photograph from 1940 of an Arican American man wearing apron standing in doorway of Harlem grocery store, with sign, "Our Own Community Grocery & Delicatessen," above.

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in our theme for February 2025, “Celluloid City,” which explores the role of and interplay between cities and film. You can see all posts from the theme here By Alyssa Lopez In March 1935, when sixteen-year-old Lino Rivera pocketed a knife while cutting through the S.H. Kress dime […]

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