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A Small Paradise 1
A dream…a song…half-soled shoes…dancing shoes
A tear…a smile…the blues…sometimes the blues
Mixed with the memory…and forgiveness…of our wrong.
But more than that, it’s freedom—
Guarded for the kids who came along—
Folks, that’s the Heart of Harlem!
— Langston Hughes
An excerpt from the poem The Heart of Harlem (c. 1940s)
Installation Image by Roy Rochlin. Main Exhibition Gallery, Schomburg Center