Harlem Real Estate Agent Willie Kathryn Suggs -- Queen of Harlem Real Estate
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Length: 00:31:47
Willie Kathryn Suggs has an insider's view of of Harlem's booming housing boom that has roiled neighborhoods even as it has gentrified so many others. Listen to Suggs explain how African Americans and Jews were forbidden by covenant to buy any homes or apartments there.
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Willie Kathryn Suggs has an insider's view of of Harlem's booming housing boom that has roiled neighborhoods even as it has gentrified so many others. Listen to Suggs explain how African Americans and Jews were forbidden by covenant to buy any homes or apartments there.
