If Dee is a has-been, the news certainly hasn’t traveled to Harlem, where she’s treated like royalty. When she saunters into the dining room of the soul-food eatery Sylvia’s, the patrons erupt into a squealing, standing ovation and huddle in for photos. It’s the perfect place for Dee to reflect on her life and career. Not because of the food—you can’t stay that svelte at 83 by eating smothered pork chops—but because, like Sylvia’s, Dee is a Harlem fixture. She was raised in Harlem from infancy, and has an abiding love for the historic enclave. “This place has informed so much of my experience,” she says. “If I wasn’t from Harlem, who would I be?”
{Excerpted from a Newsweek feature. To read the whole article click on Newsweek}
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by D. Bell