Black New Jersey : 1664 to the present day Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--New Jersey--History.

African Americans.

New Jersey--Race relations--History.

New Jersey.

Physical Description:

x, 365 pages : illustrations, photos ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ ; Camden, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Black New Jersey tells the rich and complex story of the African American community's remarkable accomplishments and the colossal obstacles they faced along the way. Drawing from rare archives, historian Graham Russell Gao Hodges brings to life the courageous black men and women who fought for their freedom and eventually built a sturdy and substantial middle class. He explores how the state's unique mix of religious, artistic, and cultural traditions have helped to produce such world-renowned figures as Paul Robeson, Cory Booker, and Queen Latifah, as well as a host of lesser-known but equally influential New Jersey natives." -- Publisher's description

Contents:

From initial Euro-African settlement to the pre Revolution, 1625-1763

From Revolution to gradual emancipation, 1764-1804

Slavery, freedom and struggle, 1804-1860

The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I

Black New Jersey battles Jim Crow, 1918-1940

World War II and its aftermath, 1940-1960

The 1960s-2014

Present and future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813595184

0813595185

9780813595177

0813595177

OCLC:

1019838601

Publisher Number:

40028554098

40028553093