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Robert Van Lierop
Robert F. Van Lierop (born 1939) is a United States and Vanuatu, ni-Vanuatu lawyer, diplomat, political activist, filmmaker, writer and photojournalist. Early life Van Lierop was born in Harlem to a father from Suriname and a mother from the Virgin Islands. His paternal grandfather was from The Netherlands. He attended Stuyvesant High School, graduated from Hofstra University in 1964 and from New York University Law School in 1967. Van Lierop began his career as a lawyer, and became a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Career as filmmaker Van Lierop was the director of ''A Luta Continua (film), A Luta Continua'' (1972) and ''O Povo Organizado'' (1975). Both films were produced in the United States, in the Portuguese language, with English language, English subtitles. Set in Mozambique, they portray the struggles of Resistance movement, freedom fighters against Portugal, Portuguese Portuguese empire, colonial authorities, as well as the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (Manhattan), Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and 96th Street (Manhattan), East 96th Street. Originally a Netherlands, Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish American, Jewish and Italian American, Italian Americans in the 19th century, but African-American residents began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
