Black New Jersey : 1664 to the Present Day

Hodges, Graham Russell Gao

Rutgers University Press（2018/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 380 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813595184
• DDC分類 305.8960730749

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Winner of the 2019 Richard P. McCormick Prize from the New Jersey Historical Commission

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.  

Contents

C O N T E N T S
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction 1
1 From Initial Euro-African Settlement to the Pre-Revolution, 1625-1763 12
2 From Revolution to Gradual Emancipation, 1764-1804 34
3 Slavery, Freedom, and Struggle, 1804-1860                 59
4 The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I          98
5 Black New Jersey Battles Jim Crow, 1918-1940         159
6 World War II and Its Aftermath, 1940-1960                  211
7 The 1960s-2014                                                           249
8 Present and Future                                                       291
Acknowledgments                                                           301
Notes                                                                              303
Index