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...holy flash of black struck at Negro Harlem last week, like a taffeta ribbon across a naughty face. Pagan blackamoors ceased their capers and their vices, to grace the passage of a band of Negro nuns, the Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, who, showing a quaint solemnity, were opening their new chapel to the Negroes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Harlem | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

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