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Afro-Americans in New York Life and History articles from July 2010
A scholarly journal that presents original research on the life and history of African Americans in New York State. Issues such as race relations and racial attitudes are addressed. Includes reviews of books in the subject area. For students and academici
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Afro-Americans in New York Life and History archives from July 2010
Political Power and Passive Citizenship: The Implications of Considering African American Prisoners as Residents of Rural New York State Districts
July 1, 2010... Between the early 1970s and the late 1990s, the number of prisoners in the State of New York soared. The majority of these prisoners were African Americans who used to live in New York City, but served their sentences in upstate rural prisons....
An Ellis Island of the Soul: Eric Walrond and the Turbulent Passage from Garveyite to New Negro
July 1, 2010... At the height of its popularity, Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) had more than two million followers. (2) Garvey's defiant Black Nationalist organization resonated with an international audience and became the...
The Harlem Friendship of Joel Augustus Rogers (1880-1966) and Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927)
July 1, 2010... My dear Mrs. Harrison, Nothing will ever be able to express my
greatest sorrow and surprise when I visited the home of a friend
yesterday and saw a copy of the Amsterdam News with the headline
"Hubert Harrison Dies." It seems impossible...
"Only Draw in Your Countrymen": Akan Culture and Community in Colonial New York City
July 1, 2010... Shortly after noon on March 18, 1741, fire alarms sounded at Fort George--headquarters of British royal government in New York. Beginning on the roof of the governor's residence, flames quickly spread to nearby buildings. The combination of high...
Andrew J. Smitherman: A Pioneer of the African American Press, 1909-1961
July 1, 2010... "A.J. Smitherman is not only a very able journalist, a truly loyal
race man and an eloquent speaker, but he is one of the heroes of
the race."
Monroe Trotter,
Editor and Publisher of Boston Guardian, 1934
From the time of their...
Slavery in Albany, New York, 1624-1827
July 1, 2010... In 2005, the New York Historical Society opened an exhibit titled "Slavery in New York," bringing attention to the fact that slavery was not limited to the South. Fourteen years before, in 1991, the discovery of human remains by construction...
Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s.(Book review)
July 1, 2010... Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s. By Stefan M. Bradley. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009. vii + 249 pp. $40.00 hardcover. Ten years ago (1999), Donald Alexander Downs published his...
The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on Oprah's Book Club.(Book review)
July 1, 2010... The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on Oprah's Book Club Edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr and Jaime Harker, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008. 357pp. $24.95 paperback. Farr and Harker's book The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on...
African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861.(Book review)
July 1, 2010... African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861. By Leslie M. Alexander, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. xxiv + 258 pp. $45.00 hardcover. Any consideration of black political activism in...
