Moreover, widening our lens in order to locate this film and its subject matter in a greater political and socio-aesthetic context opens up new threads of inquiry into the changing urban landscapes of the city.ДЇrom 1970-1976, The Last Poets, whose members comprised various ensembles and collaborations over this period, produced or collaborated on six full-length records. This performance poetry, recently recovered and restored on 35mm film and presented at MoMA in Spring 2013, remains a unique artifact and text through which we might access the Afro-diasporic sensibilities of early 1970s New York City. Harlem, long known as the mecca of African diasporic people and cultures serves as a critical, enduring, and often ideal setting for the expression of black urban poetics captured beautifully in Herbert Danska and Woodie King Jr.вЂ™s film Right On! (1970), which features the dynamic and decidedly vernacular lyricism of The Last Poets. Its Culture Is An Integral Part of Americana.вЂќ Over 12 years later, HarlemвЂ™s place in the American imagination would take on a different meaning for its inhabitants of African descent. The resulting map entitled вЂњIn the Heart of HarlemвЂќ calls that section of New York City: вЂњThe Largest Negro Community in the World. In 1953, illustrator Bernie Robynson, in an effort to diagram the culturally diverse and magnetic appeal of Harlem, mapped some of the enchanting points of interest sure to attract wide-eyed tourists.

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