[Man taken into police custody during Harlem riot, New York]

[Satchel Paige waiting for pool hall adversary, Harlem, New York]

[Man taken into police custody during Harlem riot, New York]

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

Herald Pictures, Inc. Presents "Miracle in Harlem" with Sheila Guyse, Stephin Fetchit

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

[Black Buick with dead passenger pulled out of the Harlem River, New York]

[Ink Spots performing at the Savoy Ballroom, New York]

[Ink Spots performing at the Savoy Ballroom, New York]

[Ink Spots performing at the Savoy Ballroom, New York]

[Ink Spots performing at the Savoy Ballroom, New York]

But Harlem forgets its wounds quickly... on the surface anyway... at a Saturday night masquerade at the Savoy.

[Red Jackson, leader of the Harlem gang the Midtowners, frisks boy thought to have a gun]

But Harlem forgets its wounds quickly... on the surface anyway... at a Saturday night masquerade at the Savoy.

But Harlem forgets its wounds quickly... on the surface anyway... at a Saturday night masquerade at the Savoy.

[Physical therapist and masseuse Hanna Stern Weinberger, Jewish Hospital for Joint Diseases, East Harlem, New York]

[Physicians removing a young patient's body cast, Jewish Hospital for Joint Diseases, East Harlem, New York]