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When Harlem Was Occupied Territory

Besieged

In 1966 James Baldwin wrote an essay in which he described the tense relationship—really no relationship at all—between the police and the people of Harlem. Sadly, it hasn’t dated much.

James Baldwin
James Baldwin
James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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