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Harlem Riots

In both "The Politics of Disorder: Re-examining Harlem's Riots of 1935 and 1943" by Cheryl Greenberg and “Harlem: Dark Weather-Vane” by Alain Locke, I felt that a reoccuring point they both talk about is the fact that the blacks in Harlem had no way to channel their unrest and anger. It was because of this that all of their anger combine was unleashed at once. While reading the piece I could not help but think of a wave.

Havard of the Poor?

At first I was very surprised by the fact that City College was once called the "Harvard of the Poor," but after thinking about it for a while I was not surprised. As I have often heard, the CUNY system is considered one of the best systems in the country. After reading both articles I was amazed at how many radical thinkers there was in the past. It seems that presently noncomforming ideas are horrifying. I was also surprised by the number of publiclly known Intellectuals, and find it very depressing that there are no current day counterpart to these Intellectuals.

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