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Harlem peanuts and Greek artisans push carts raise hope
In Harlem, about fifty unemployed men train to sell peanuts and roasted chestnuts, others sell bananas and ice cream, showing persistence in a Negro urban economy. The piece notes Greeks fear decline as Black vendors gain street footholds on 135th Street and 5th Avenue corners. A broader contrast follows with a Sayville trial of Divine, a Black minister cited as God incarnate by disciples, drawing mixed white and Black reactions and university-educated supporters.
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Harlem
America
135Th Street
Uni
Qudy
5Th
Seventh Avenues
Pompeii
Virginia
North Carolina
Srrave
Arthur A. Schombt
Itu
Sayville
Divine
Marjory Locke
Lowery Street
Long Island City
Helen Faust
Boston University
God
Justice Smith