The people of Harlem were mourning the loss of 15-year-old James Powell, a Black teenager fatally shot by Thomas Gilligan, a white, off-duty police officer. Headlines read "Negro boy killed ...
But as Maravrich's senior year ended, like many top prospects, he was flooded with offers from different professional teams—and even the Harlem Globetrotters. "I was offered a 1 million dollar ...
Their writing and their music, a cultural movement that would become known as the Harlem Renaissance, ultimately found wider, mainstream acclaim. At a time when white culture was celebrating ...