Mr. MARTIN: I was just going to say, this is a barbershop, a black barbershop in Harlem.

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I'll never forget seeing George Balanchine's "Prodigal Son" performed by Dance Theatre of Harlem for a mostly black audience.

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Thousands of people joined the throng that had been following the moon since the early hours of the morning, people of all colors, whole families with children of every age, especially as the procession filed past the crowded black and Puerto Rican areas of Harlem.

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So, yes, Harlem is diversifying, but, you know, the overwhelming majority of the clients are black and male in this particular barbershop and in most barbershops in Harlem.

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Bringing the film to Harlem ensures that both young moviegoers and black moviegoers aren't forgotten.

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Nicholas Pert, a 24-year-old black man, says he has been stopped many times in his gentrified Harlem neighborhood, while his white neighbors are not.

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There are usually more African-Americans onstage than in the seats, but Springsteen is steeped in black music, and he was especially eager to play the date in Harlem.

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Powell headed the Abyssinian church, the oldest black Baptist Church in New York from 1908 to 1937, and presided over its move from lower Manhattan to Harlem in the 1920s, where it grew to be a one of the largest congregations in the country with more than 7, 000 members.

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