Friday, March 4, 2011

When one lives on "strivers' row" one has supposedly arrived

What does it mean to strive?

Strivers Row, Harlem West 138th and West 139th - initially designed for rich white people by David King, but Harlem soon became deserted by their kind and was soon overflowing with hard-working African Americans a.k.a. "strivers" (hence the name). Since then the  houses have been in constant decline and no longer bare a resemblance to the once thriving aristocratic row of houses in Harlem. 





Strivers Row - a group of young, motivational black poets.. Here is their story 

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