User:TheChiefGeek/sandbox

TITLE: The Tree of Hope (Harlem, New York, USA)

The stump on the Apollo Theater stage

125/126th street original location of living tree

Broadway day hires, black actors forced to wear whiteface as condition for employment.

References to the Tree of Hope:

Harlem Is Heaven

https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimeApolloFOX/videos/tree-of-hope-history/2068647353371732/

https://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities/monuments/black-history-month/tree-of-hope

http://w.bigapplejazz.com/tree_of_hope...htm

http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0010855/richards_j.pdf

https://ephemeralnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/lafayettetheater.jpg

http://harlemandbeyond.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/women.jpg

See if I can get morgue articles about the cutting of the tree