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Deep Like the Rivers: The Musical Flows of James P. Johnson

Mark Burford

The Makings of a Broadway Hit: the “Charleston,” James P. Johnson, and San Juan Hill

Scott E. Brown

If You’d Like to Go Latin Here in Manhattan, Try Cha Cha Chá: When Havana's Panart Records came to Lincoln Square

Judy Cantor-Navas

Sights of San Juan Hill: An Interactive Map (1900–1950)

San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood | Panel Discussion

Williams and Walker at the Majestic

Arminda Thomas

Etienne Charles and Creole Soul, featuring Quentin E. Baxter: “Watch Night I & II”

James P. Johnson in the Jungles

Matthew Guerrieri

From the Vaudeville Wars to <em>Runnin’ Wild</em>: Lincoln Square’s Early Theaters

Catherine M. Young

George Bellows<br/>and the Battles of San Juan Hill

Robert W. Snyder

Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill: "Accent on Swing"

Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill: "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"

Block of Survival: A Japanese American Enclave in San Juan Hill

Daniel H. Inouye

Buffalo Sonnet: Audio Described Digital Comic

Japanese Americans in San Juan Hill

Greg Robinson, Professor at l’Université du Québec à Montréal

Stepping into the Public Sphere: Arturo Schomburg's Letters to the New York Times

Vanessa K. Valdés, Author and Educator

James Reese Europe: A Musical Life (1900–1920)

From Stride Piano to Bebop: Celebrating the Music of James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, and Thelonious Monk (1900–1950)

James Reese Europe: Latin Jazz and the Harlem Hell Fighters Band (1900–1920)

James Reese Europe's Musical Journey

Michael D. Dinwiddie, Professor at New York University

When History Plays a Starring Role:<br/>Puerto Rican Writers, West Side Story, and San Juan Hill

Virginia Sánchez Korrol, Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College

Buffalo Sonnet:<br/>A digital comic book inspired by San Juan Hill

Kamau Ware, Writer & Illustrator

Behind-the-Scenes: Buffalo Sonnet

The Creative Life of San Juan Hill (1900–1960)

Latin Jazz and San Juan Hill

Chris Washburne, Musician, Author, and Professor of Music at Columbia University

Recovering Legacies: How Thelonious Monk, Nina Simone, and the Musicians of San Juan Hill Made History at Lincoln Center

Al Bland, Archival Researcher at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

San Juan Hill’s Artistic Landscape

Jessica Larson, Doctoral Candidate in Art History, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Jazz in San Juan Hill: One Neighborhood’s Impact on Music that Made History (1900–1950)

<em>Shuffle Along</em>: The Musical That Sparked a Black Renaissance

Caseen Gaines, Author and Educator

The Ground Beneath <em>West Side Story</em>

Julia Foulkes, Professor of History at the New School

Amsterdam News: Born in San Juan Hill, Raised in Harlem

Ron Scott, Music Writer with the Amsterdam News

Latin Jazz in New York City (1920-1960)

Exploring the Puerto Rican Experience in New York City (1920-1960)

New York City's Black Bohemia (1900–1920)

Interviews: Life in the Neighborhood

A History of the Black Community in San Juan Hill: 1900-1915

Marcy S. Sacks, Professor of History at Albion College

From San Juan to San Juan Hill: The Experiences of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874&ndash;1938) and Rogelio Ramirez (1913&ndash;1994)

Elena Martínez and Bobby Sanabria, Co-Artistic Directors of Bronx Music Heritage Center

Interview: T.S. Monk

Seeing Lincoln Square

Samuel Zipp, Professor of American Studies and Urban Studies at Brown University

New York's Dance of Displacement

Aurora Flores-Hostos, Composer, Writer, Producer, and Educator

San Juan Hill and the Black Music Revolution

Seton Hawkins, Director of Public Programs and Education Resources at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Daily Life in San Juan Hill: A Photo Essay

Displacement and Survival in Puerto Rican New York: Broken Promises in Lincoln Square

Lorrin Thomas, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden

San Juan Hill and the Black Nurses of the Stillman Settlement

Rhonda Evans, Assistant Chief Librarian at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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