Jul 22, 2021 - Kevin McGruder - Philip Payton: Father of Black Harlem

Kevin McGruder, author of "From Philip Payton: The Father of
Black Harlem," (Columbia University Press, 2021) talks about
Payton and his impact on Harlem and the world, and Harlem today.
McGruder is also Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate
Professor of History at Antioch College.

Background Information: In the spring of
1904, the Hudson Realty Company, a firm led by White investors
that had recently purchased occupied walkup apartment buildings
in the Harlem Black enclave at 135th Street and Lenox Avenue,
served the occupants with eviction notices. Philip A. Payton, Jr.
and other Black investors quickly joined forces to purchase and
lease other properties from White owner/allies in the area to
block the effort to displace African Americans from the
area.

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