CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chronology

      INTRODUCTION: A HARLEM STORY, A DIASPORA STORY

   1  GUYANA AND BARBADOS (1898–1911)

   2  PANAMA (1911–1918)

   3  NEW YORK (1918–1923)

   4  THE NEW NEGRO (1923–1926)

   5  TROPIC DEATH

   6  A PERSON OF DISTINCTION (1926–1929)

   7  THE CARIBBEAN AND FRANCE (1928–1931)

   8  LONDON I (1931–1939)

   9  BRADFORD-ON-AVON (1939–1952)

10  ROUNDWAY HOSPITAL AND THE SECOND BATTLE (1952–1957)

11  LONDON II (1957–1966)

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Notes

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Index