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SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Harlem Markers Project

The SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Harlem Markers Project is an initiative to install twenty-five historic markers around the community to honor events, people, and organizations that imbue Harlem with its unique character. 


Honorees of the project include notable figures such as Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, and Yuri Kochiyama. There is also a marker to honor the Lenape Nation, the indigenous nation upon whose land Harlem exists. 


Twenty-two out of twenty-five markers have been installed thus far. The three remaining signs were slated for streets that are now construction sites, and will be installed when those projects are complete.  Find out more about the marker honorees and the site locations of each marker by visiting the bio pages below. 


WWSH has hosted various programs to celebrate the Harlem Markers Project, including Lift Ev’ry Voice of Fire: Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Larry Neal, and J. Rosamond Johnson, a day-long bus tour that visited each marker site of the respective honorees (2023); a book giveaway in honor of Regina Anderson Andrews at the Washington Heights New York Public Library branch (May 2024); and Honoring the Ancestors: Celebrating the Harlem Markers Project, a daylong celebration of the initiative at the Victoria Theater Building (June 2024). You can learn more about these programs by visiting our past events page.

 

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: HARLEM MARKERS PROJECT BIOS

As of December 2025, twenty-two out of twenty-five markers have been installed.

555 EDGECOMBE AVE.

REGINA ANDERSON ANDREWS

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REGINA ANDERSON ANDREWS

REGINA ANDERSON ANDREWS

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BLUMSTEIN

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THE GREEN BOOK

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LENAPE NATION

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NELSON MANDELA

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AUDLEY MOORE

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409 Edgecombe Ave./Colonial Pkwy Apts.

(Will be installed by the end of 2025.)

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THE COTTON CLUB

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Althea Gibson

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Coleman Hawkins

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HOTEL THERESA

(Will be installed by the end of 2025.)

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J. Rosamond Johnson

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Jungle Alley/Beale St.

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Yuri Kochiyama

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LENOX LOUNGE

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Dorothy Maynor

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LEWIS MICHAUX

(Will be installed by the end of 2025.)

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THE MODERN SCHOOL

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PAULI MURRAY

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LAWRENCE NEAL

LAWRENCE NEAL

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“THE RENNIE”

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UNIA

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Malcolm X

ETHEL WATERS

(Will be installed by the end of 2025.)

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ETHEL WATERS

ETHEL WATERS

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