Harlem, New York

CTL-E-4039 · Locality · city · 20th century-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

New York City neighborhood; historic center of Black cultural life and the operating geography of Inner City Broadcasting's stations and the Apollo Theater.

The record

Also known as: Harlem

Notes

RELP92 supporting entity: geography anchor for CTL-E-0688 (no located_in edge: schema located_in targets Neighborhood, a Chicago-scoped type).

Referenced by

Inner City Broadcasting buys the Apollo Theater (1981) — held at → this record
Patricia E. Bath — from → this record

Sources

journal-isms - Percy Sutton Dies, Media-Ownership Pioneer

Record CTL-E-4039 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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