“Get on the A train/ Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.” Billy Strayhorn, a prominent jazz composer, dedicated his composition “Take the A Train to Sugar Hill,” to Harlem. Now a historic ...

Take a stroll along Swing Street and visit the sites of iconic Central Harlem clubs where New York City’s Jazz Age was born! Walking in the footsteps of jazz greats like Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington ...

With roots in Georgia, Nebraska and Grenada in the Caribbean, human rights advocate Malcolm X spanned the globe to become a vocal supporter of Black social and political awareness and a renowned ...

Although he claims not to know anything special about pedagogy, Kenneth T. Jackson, the Jacques Barzun Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University, is among the most extraordinary teachers ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harlem's current safety level is often confused with the district's past. Learn more about why Harlem is how it is today. pictured ...