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Boulevard of Dreams 2
Others created enterprise, such as the first self-made female millionaire, Madame C. J. Walker, whose Harlem brownstone on 136th Street contained a beauty school downstairs. Harlem also meant nightlife, as depicted in the 1934 map drawn by artist E. Simms Campbell, which captures the speakeasies and performers in Harlem, including iconic lesbian singer Gladys Bentley, with her tuxedos and top hats. From Bentley to performer Stormé DeLarverie, whose archives are recent additions to the Schomburg Center and who by all accounts initiated the Stonewall uprising in 1968, uptown has long embraced its LGBTQ roots.
Installation Image by Roy Rochlin. Main Exhibition Gallery, Schomburg Center