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Sunday Feature: Home to Harlem

BBC Radio 3
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Alyn Shipton is shown round Harlem in New York by David Levering Lewis , Daphne Duval Harrison and Howard Dodson.
Against a backdrop of the sounds of Bessie Smith , Duke Ellington and Fats Waller , they investigate the story of its heyday in the twenties and its continuing influence today. With archive recordings of Harlem writers, including Langston Hughes , Claude McKay and Richard Bruce Nugent.

Contributors

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Alyn Shipton
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David Levering Lewis
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Daphne Duval Harrison
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Howard Dodson.
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Bessie Smith
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Fats Waller
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Langston Hughes
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Claude McKay
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Richard Bruce Nugent.
Source: Radio Times

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