As part of the Up/Down, North/South three-part series at the Studio Museum in Harlem, author Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and designer V. Mitch McEwen (former college roommates) discussed Rhodes-Pitts’ first book Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America.
The free program was standing room only and opened up a conversation about retaining Harlem’s past and pondered what gentrification means for Harlem’s future.
Rhodes-Pitts, a Harvard graduate, has been getting quite a bit of press for her first book, which she says is the first of a trilogy that documents Harlem, New Orleans, and Haiti.
If you missed Rhodes-Pitt at the Studio Museum, you can catch her on February 1st at Hue-Man Bookstore or February 5th at the Maysles Cinema.
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Photos by D. Bell/Uptownflavor
Posted on January 27, 2011 by D. Bell