Harlem

In the book, Having Our Say, the Delany sisters talk a lot about Harlem. Bessie shared a dentist office with her brother on Seventh Avenue.
By reading the websites, I figure while Bessie would go outside she would see the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church or the red brick building where James Weldon Johnson lived. The view from the dentist office must have been amazing with all the different types of architecture and new houses. Sadie and Bessie would talk to people like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Many famous people the sisters met were in the dentist office. The dentist office was a meeting place for everybody. Du Bois graduated from Harvard with a Ph.D. He was very much involved in African American life. He was involved in the Niagara Movement. He also urged African artists to create art from their experiences in the past. The sisters moved to Harlem at the start of a great period. They loved the jazz music but thought Harlem was really busy. Jazz musicians played at Minton's Playhouse. The Delany sisters experienced history when they lived in Harlem.