ABSTRACT
Harlem residents and community organizations have been traditionally active in the pursuit of some sense of justice in the neighborhood. Throughout the twentieth century, Harlem residents and community organizations have been addressing a number of injustices from higher prices and lower service to redlining, the process by which banks deny lending within specific geographic boundaries. The engine behind African American pride and socioeconomic advancement in Harlem has rested in community-based institutions. From churches to small businesses to activist organizations to block associations and beyond, Harlem residents have stressed organization as a means to improved social change.
