1947: (Perez Forms a Great Like for Harlem — as Was Reported About Perez During a 1947 Trip She “Formed a Great Like for the Amazing Community of Harlem of W…
1947: (Perez Forms a Great Like for Harlem — as Was Reported About Perez During a 1947 Trip She “Formed a Great Like for the Amazing Community of Harlem of Which She Had Heard So Much,” the Shared Affinity for African Diasporic Culture Within and Throughout the African Diaspora Being a Legacy That Perez Wanted to Leave for Her Niece and Other Haitian Girls): As was reported about Perez during a 1947 trip, she formed a great like for the amazing community of Harlem of which she had heard so much. The shared affinity for African diasporic culture within and throughout the African diaspora was a legacy that Perez wanted to leave for her niece and other Haitian girls — the aunt who had taken her niece on a textual pilgrimage to King Henry Christophe’s fortress was now extending the journey to Harlem, the revolutionary geography expanding from the mountains of northern Haiti to the avenues of uptown Manhattan.