^ Frederic Alexander Birmingham, It Was Fun While it Lasted, 1960.

^ Malcolm, Bruce Perry, Station Hill, 1991, p. 154.

a b c Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 127.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 220.

^ "Tracing Scott Joplin's Life Through His Addresses", New York Times, Real Estate, February 4, 2007, p. 2.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 128.

a b c Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 158.

a b Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 87.

a b c Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 146.

a b Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 165.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 163.

a b Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 137.

^ Bennett Cerf, At Random, p. 2.

a b c Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 151.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 164.

^ plaque outside 501 Cathedral Parkway.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 138.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 136.

^ "The Top of the Park", New York Magazine, February 5, 2007, p. 44.

a b c Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 149.

a b Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 152.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 166.

^ Arthur Miller Files, at University of Michigan.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 147.

a b Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 148.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 153.

a b c d e Langston Hughes, "My Early Days in Harlem", in John Henrik Clarke (ed.), Harlem U.S.A., 1971 edition, p. 58.

a b c d e f g h i j k Manhattan African-American History and Culture Guide, Museum of the City of New York

^ "Four Men of Harlem – The Movers and the Shakers", in Harlem, U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, 1971 edition, p. 251.

a b c d e f John Henrik Clarke, Harlem U.S.A, introductory essay to 1993 edition, A&B Book Publishers.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Frank Hercules, "To Live In Harlem", National Geographic, February 1977, p. 178+.

^ "Four Men of Harlem – The Movers and the Shakers", in Harlem, U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, 1971 edition, p. 256.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 248.

a b c Jim Dwyer, "Making a Home, and a Haven for Books", New York Times, August 11, 2007.

a b Tessa Souter, "The New Heyday of Harlem", The Independent on Sunday, June 8, 1997.

a b c d e "Star Map", New York Magazine, August 14, 2006, p. 35.

a b "Chairman of the Money", New York Magazine, January 15, 2007, p. 20.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 223.

^ Katherine Butler Jones, "409 Edgecombe, Baseball, and Madame St. Clair", in The Harlem Reader, 2003.

^ Jonathan Gill, Harlem, p. 233.

a b "How Bootsie Was Born", Ollie Harrison, in Harlem U.S.A., John Henrik Clarke, ed., 1971, p. 75 (note, this is a weak source, as it is a reference in a fictional story. A better source should be found).

^ James Baldwin, "A Talk to Harlem Teachers", in John Henrik Clarke (ed.), Harlem USA, 1971, p. 173.

^ Sondra Kathryn Wilson, Meet Me at the Theresa : The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel, 2004.

^ Daniel Lovering, "Evelyn Cunningham, Civil Rights Reporter, Dies at 94," The New York Times, April 29, 2010.

^ plaque outside the Harlem Hospital.

^ Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Roy DeCarava . Accessed August 4, 2009.

^ monument outside 730 Riverside Drive.

a b "Kindness of Strangers", This American Life, September 12, 1997.

a b c d William R. Dixon, "The Music of Harlem", in John Henrik Clarke (ed.), Harlem USA, 1971, p. 136.

^ Metropolis Found: New York Is Book Country 25th Anniversary Collection, 2003.

^ "City Hall Holds The Key. Harlem's renaissance finds lots of friends, and a few foes", Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 1987.

^ "Harlem's Dreams Have Died in Last Decade, Leaders Say", New York Times, March 1, 1978. p. A1.

^ "Kareem's Harlem digs", New York Daily News, September 10, 2006.

a b Jeremy Egner, "Crime and Punishers on Streets of Harlem", The New York Times, April 4, 2012, Arts & Leisure, p. 13.

^ Louis Tutelian, "A Revised Edition", New York Times, January 5, 2007.

^ Jill Capuzzo, "Between Film Sets, Life on Gossamer Lake", The New York Times, September 14, 2007.

^ Celia Barbour, "Stephen Spinella's Real Estate Angels", New York Times, July 1, 2007.