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The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the U.S. state of New York, ... (1824–1920), ... 36th Governor of New York, ...
Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York; John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962) – actress and television personality, born on Long Island
Benjamin J. Davis – New York City councilman, ultimately sent to jail for violations of the Smith Act [37] Ossie Davis – actor and director; lived in Harlem in the late 1930s and mid-1940s Sammy Davis Jr. – entertainer, actor, member of Rat Pack , born in Harlem Hospital in 1925 [ 58 ]
Stephanie St. Clair (December 24, 1897 in Martinique, French Caribbean [1] – December 1969) was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early 20th century. [2] St. Clair resisted the Mafia 's interests for several years after Prohibition ended; she became a local legend for her public denunciations of corrupt ...
In 1920, New York City underwent a transformation. Photos show how people's day-to-day lives looked 100 years ago. ... photos show how New Yorkers in the 1920s lived through their own versions of ...
The rapid development of infrastructure enabled some to become wealthy, and the area became important to politicians, many of whom lived in Harlem. New York mayors Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence and Daniel Tiemann both lived in Harlem in this period. For many in New York City, Harlem was at this time regarded as a sort of country retreat.
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
By 1917, New York was funding the world war efforts of Britain, France and for other Allies. By the 1920s, New York had surpassed London as a world banking center. The New York Stock Exchange was the national focus of wealth making and speculation until its shares suddenly collapsed late in 1929, setting off the worldwide Great Depression. [90]