A year-long collection of exhibitions and public programs celebrating the rich history, the culture and the heroes of this world renowned community. For the first time, the harlem is... landmark exhibit comes to numerous Lower Manhattan sites, chronicling the historical journey of African Americans from Lower Manhattan to Harlem.

harlem is... - honors 30 Harlem individuals, from the original Cotton Club dancers The Silver Belles to Harlem Rens basketball player John Isaacs to Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who have shaped and defined today's Harlem. The exhibit features a comprehensive timeline with archival photographs detailing Harlem's history from 1600 to the present.
LOCATION:
Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street, 212-748-8600
DATES:
December 6, 2004 - December 30, 2005
Wed.-Sun. 10am to 5pm

harlem is... The Gospel Tradition - tells the stories of four churches at the forefront of the migration of African-American churches from Downtown to Harlem: the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Mount Olivet Baptist Church and St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
LOCATION:
St. Augustine's Church
290 Henry Street, 212-673-5300
DATES:
June - September 15, 2005

harlem is... - a unique information kiosk that highlights the key people and places honored in our downtown harlem is... exhibitions.
LOCATION:
Wall Street Rising
25 Broad Street, 212-425-INFO
DATES:
June 2, 2005 - september 30, 2005
Mon. - Fri. 11am - 7pm

Keep an eye out for harlem is... exhibitions and programming 2005 at these additional uptown and downtown locations:
Aaron Davis Hall at The City College of New York, Citibanks at 123rd and 144th Streets, Hamilton Landmark Gallery, Low Library at Columbia University, Museum of the City of New York, Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, The Riverside Church, United Palace Theatre