Digital Harlem presents the history of normal everyday african american folks who lived in Harlem from 1915-1930. The data is collected from legal records- Newspapers and Police case files- which reveal some aspects of african american culture- black language, music, family life, as well as gambling and violence.
The map shows the expansion of the black-dominated neighborhood from 1920 to 1925 to 1930. In this boundary (bolded on the map), mini-icons can be clicked on and expanded for more detail on the record. Specific records on weddings, arrests,and suicides can be seen around the map.
It obscures interactions with other non-black New Yorkers, and first person accounts of life in Harlem. The data is generated from third person accounts of what happened.
An alternative map would include pictures and first person accounts of life in Harlem.