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...skill he learned to develop early on. A son of New York City's black aristocracy, his first and perhaps most important lessons were imparted not by the wealthy prep schools he would attend as a teenager but by the human parade passing through his home, Harlem's Hotel Theresa, which his father managed. In its day, the Theresa served as a Mecca for famous black entertainers, sports heroes and, of course, politicians. Brown was on hair-mussing terms with the likes of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Percy Sutton and the young David Dinkins...
Other recent Commencement speakers include the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Vice President Al Gore '69, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell and Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland...
Heck, the Washington Generals haven't folded yet. Without the Washington Generals, who would have heard of the Harlem Globetrotters...
According to the fliers, Adams holds a degree in preservation from Columbia University. Adams says he is currently involved with the preservation of historic architecture in New York City's Harlem...
Recently she has studied black and Latino youth struggling in the low-wage labor market in Harlem, the press release said...