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Playing the Numbers

Hardback
Published : Saturday 15 May 2010
ISBN : 9780674051072
Price : €42.06


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The most ubiquitous feature of Harlem life between the world wars was the game of "numbers." Thousands of wagers were placed daily. Playing the Numbers tells the story of this illegal form of gambling and the central role it played in the lives of African Americans who flooded into Harlem in the wake of World War I.



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