Leah Drayton, NYPL

“What Bearden wanted to do is show the beauty of the city. People looking out the window. The bustle of the streets. It’s a reflection of urban life."

“It’s almost a documentary—you get a sense of just her voice as a radical storyteller."

This speech is likely from 1960, and it's suggested he is talking to younger people as he says he “expects a great deal from this generation.”

Started by a Harlem couple Victor H. Green and Alma Duke Green, this 1930s edition focused on the New York metro area.