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The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.

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In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.

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Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph Fisher

Born: May 9, 1897
Died: December 26, 1934 (aged 37)
Bio: Rudolph Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. His parents were John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, and Glendora Williamson. Fisher had three children.
Known for:
  1. The conjure-man dies (1932)
  2. The city of refuge
  3. The Walls of Jericho (1928)
  4. The short fiction of Rudolph Fisher

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