
Walls of Jericho
A Black lawyer’s move to a white neighborhood is anything but straightforward in this jazz-age satire by “the wittiest of the Harlem Renaissance writers” (Langston Hughes).
When Fred Merrit buys a house on Court Avenue, he knows it will be no ordinary move. Despite his education and success, the light-skinned Black man is sure to cause a stir in the exclusive white neighborhood bordering Harlem. H...
A Black lawyer’s move to a white neighborhood is anything but straightforward in this jazz-age satire by “the wittiest of the Harlem Renaissance writers” (Langston Hughes).
When Fred Merrit buys a house on Court Avenue, he knows it will be no ordinary move. Despite his education and success, the light-skinned Black man is sure to cause a stir in the exclusive white neighborhood bordering Harlem. H...