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The New Purple Signs Marking Harlem's History

If you've taken a walk through Harlem lately, you've probably noticed the purple signs cropping up around the neighborhood.

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LITTLE SIGNS speak volumes

A LIBRARY LEADER, MALCOLM X, MANDELA AND OTHERS honored with harlem plaques that preserve nabe's history

Harlem's history lives on through its historic markers! 

The Daily News featured our "Signs of the Times" initiative that honors legendary figures like Victor Green, Marcus Garvey, and Dorothy Maynor and marks significant places in our community. 


These plaques help preserve and share the rich cultural heritage that makes Harlem unique.


https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/15/markers-map-harlem-history/










HONORING THOSE WHO SHAPED BLACK HISTORY

Celebrating Harlem’s past and legacy with signs: 

‘There’s so much history’

by: Greg Mocker

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‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance...

As rents rise and displacement grows, Harlem residents led their own project to map the neighborhood’s rich history. 

BY JONATHAN CUSTODIO 

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Preserving the Legacy of Harlem While We Are Still Here

Karen Taylor, founder of "While We Are Still Here," shares the organization’s efforts to preserve Harlem's rich legacy. One of their recent initiatives, the Harlem Markers Project, involved placing informative markers throughout the neighborhood to honor and educate the public about the individuals whose lives and contributions shaped Harlem’s history and culture.

Black Land Podcast: Episode 63 - Harlem Signs Of The Times

Preserving Harlem's rich cultural history

KAREN D. TAYLOR'S INTERVIEW Erica Byfield of Channel 4 News

Watch WWSH founder Karen D. Taylor's interview with Erica Byfield explore the new signs going up around Harlem to preserve the neighborhood's rich history.



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Mavens of Black culture: Maitefa Angaza, Karen Taylor

Last weekend saw a profusion of celebrations in Harlem and Brooklyn, beginning with one for Maitefa Angaza, who joined the ancestors on August 8, at the Major Owens Community Center. It was a glorious turnout for Angaza, whose literary productions equaled her commitment to marginalized communities. She left us with a tremendous legacy, including a generous supply of books from her collection, freely available for attendees, and some folks took more than one.

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INTERVIEW WITH HERE AND NOW

KAREN D. TAYLOR'S INTERVIEW WITH SANDRA BOOKMAN

Watch WWSH founder Karen D. Taylor's interview with Sandra Bookman on 'Here and Now'  - ABC7 NY


https://abc7ny.com/here-and-now-sandra-bookman-black-orchestral-network-equality/14367577/ (Timestamp at 9:10)


"At a time when Black history is being pulled from school curriculums, one organization is on a mission to keep Harlem's history front and center. 


The group, While We Are Still Here Inc., is installing 25 historic markers to honor those who have given the community its unique character. It's called the Sign of the Times Harlem Heritage Markers Project. 


And here to tell us more is the founder and executive director of While We Are Still Here, Karen D. Taylor."

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Movement to preserve Harlem's rich history through markers

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Harlem, known for its vibrant cultural legacy and historic significance, is commemorating its rich Black history through a series of historical markers.  These markers, initiated by the preservation organization While We Are Still Here, aim to celebrate influential figures and events that have shaped the neighborhood's identity. The group says it’s paying homage to those of the past before that unique oral history is forgotten.

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Sugar Hill Music Festival seeks to preserve Harlem history

SUGAR HILL MUSIC FESTIVAL

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Sugar Hill Music Festival is taking place this weekend in Harlem, and it’ll be paying tribute to a Black music pioneer who played alongside Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk.

Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins was a star soloist who honed his skills in Harlem, where his legacy will now be on permanent display due to the work of cultural historian Karen Taylor.

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Hundreds celebrate at 5th Sugar Hill Music Fest

Spark Bird

Bearing witness to New York’s endangered species

Can a Grassroots Movement Save Harlem's Culturally Rich Buildings? We Talked to the Women Preserving the Neighborhood's History



Preservationists Race to Save Black History Sites Before They Vanish


Honoring Harlem’s History


A Young Black Girl’s View of Harlem at the Height of the Great Migration

A Push to Preserve the Cultural Legacy of Harlem’s Sugar Hill

A Push to Preserve the Cultural
Legacy of Harlem’s Sugar Hill


The World According to Black Women Photographers

The Sugar Hill Quartet to share their oral histories of St. Nick’s Pub at Bill’s Place

In Her Shoes: Walking through Harlem
in Althea Gibson's footsteps

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