(Read and download) Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars
▲ Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White ▲
| #977736 in Books | Harvard University Press | 2010-05-15 | 2010-06-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.34 x1.09 x5.84l,1.04 | File Name: 0674051076 | 320 pages |
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The phrase “Harlem in the 1920s” evokes images of the Harlem Renaissance, or of Marcus Garvey and soapbox orators haranguing crowds about politics and race. Yet the most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of “numbers.” Thousands of wagers, usually of a dime or less, would be placed on a daily number derived from U.S. bank statistics. The rewards of “hitting the number,” a 600-to-1 payoff, tempted...
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