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Queries and Discussions

Discussion published by Cory Matieyshen on Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Re: Searching for 1920s Chicago Defender business records

The Abbott-Sengstacke Papers at the Chicago Public Library include financial records, correspondence and other items that may include the information you are looking for. The finding aid (https://www.chipublib.org/fa-abbott-sengstacke-family-papers-2/) show a gap in the Defender's financial records from the late 1920s, however it is possible that the records are part of the estate dispute that started around the period you are interested in.

Discussion published by Kimberly Cleveland on Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Searching for 1920s Chicago Defender business records

Dear colleagues,

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for business records for the Chicago Defender pertaining to funds collected in 1926/27 in support of plans to build a monument in Brazil. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks very much,

Kimberly Cleveland
Associate Professor of Art History
Welch School of Art & Design
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4107
Atlanta, GA 30302
kcleveland@gsu.edu

 

Discussion published by Tyler D. Parry on Monday, December 16, 2019

From the Washington Post: Challenging Conservative Propaganda and the History of Slavery

Dear H-Afro-Am Network,

 

My article entitled, "Why Right-wing Commentators Distort the History of Slavery and Emancipation," was published in the Washington Post on December 6, 2019. It may be of interest to many in this group.

The link is here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/06/why-right-wing-commentators-distort-history-slavery-emancipation/

 

Best Regards,

 

Tyler D. Parry

Discussion published by Muhammed Al-Ahari on Monday, August 26, 2019

Re: Searching for article on Islam in slave era USA

I have Austin book. I'm looking for an article he referenced in it. Louis Harlan, "The Prince: The Biography of a Slave" (mostly a condensation of Sydnor) , and B. Marie Perinbam, "Abd al-Rahman: A Critical Note," in Job Ben Solomon and Abd al-Rahman: The Stories of Two Men in Slavery (Washington, D.C. American Historical Society, 1970).

Discussion published by Patrick Horn on Thursday, August 22, 2019

Re: Searching for article on Islam in slave era USA

Dear Muhammad and Lasana,

I don't know if this will be helpful, but you can find full text publications of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima, Omar ibn Said, and other African Muslim slave narratives at the UNC collection "Documenting the American South" (link below). You may also be interested in my article on three African Muslim "conversion narratives" in A/B: Auto/Biography Studies. Contact me at pathorn@unc.edu if you would like a copy.

Discussion published by Lasana Kazembe on Monday, August 19, 2019

Re: Searching for article on Islam in slave era USA

Peace. You may wish to try your/a university library. Upon a searching my university's online stacks, I was able to locate a copy of the Austin's work (i.e, the 759p. Sourcebook). In fact, it's available at several libraries in the system. If you're affiliated with a university, you may wish to pursue interlibrary loan.

Other than that, I checked Biblio.com and a few other rare book dealer sites, but could not find the book.

I hope this is helpful.

As-salaam-alaikum.

L. Kazembe
IUPUI

Discussion published by Daniel Hanglberger on Saturday, August 10, 2019

Seeking panelists for AAIHS Conference on „Local Practices of Black Power“

Dear all,

I am looking for participants for a panel I’m organizing for the Fifth Annual Conference of the  African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) at the University of Texas at Austin, March 6-7, 2020. (https://www.aaihs.org/general-information/)

Discussion published by Muhammed Al-Ahari on Saturday, August 10, 2019

Searching for article on Islam in slave era USA

I've been looking for this for a while and have had no luck online. Have you ever seen it? I would like the whole book if it can be located. Its mentioned in Allan Austin's African Muslims Antebellum America: A Sourcebook. At least a dozen authors mention it later without ever seeing it. I tried to email Allan Austin, but he hasn't responded to my emails or those from other scholars in over a year. I also contacted the American Historical Society and they suggested I post here.

 

Discussion published by Rod Taylor on Saturday, July 27, 2019

Re: Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dunbar’s poetry is often regarded as the best in dialect. His influence on African American poets in the late 19th and early 20th century is profound. An examination of any scholarship and criticism of the period clearly positions Dunbar as the paragon with all others working in his shadow.

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Thursday, June 27, 2019

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar born 147 years ago - June 27, 1872.  What is your favorite Dunbar poem?  How about essay, short story or novel?  What is Dunbar's influence/significance on African American and American literature?
 
A Starter Dunbar Bibliography:
 
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Major and Minors. Toledo, OH: Hadley & Hadley, Printers and Binders,
1895.
———. Folks From Dixie. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898.
———. Lyrics of Lowly Life. New York Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898.
———. The Love of Landry. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900.

CFP's and Announcements

Discussion published by Le'Trice Donaldson on Saturday, April 18, 2020

History Summit 2020

History Summit is a virtual book festival where you can meet your favorite authors, learn about their work, and participate in live question and answer sessions. Tune in on April 25, 2020, to join us! Please visit the site to see the list of these outstanding historians!

Videos and Live Q & A From Your Favorite Historians!

Here is the lineup!

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Saturday, March 28, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 16 March - 23 March

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 16 March 2020 to 23 March 2020.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Afro-Am. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.


AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Saturday, March 28, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 9 March - 16 March

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 9 March 2020 to 16 March 2020.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Afro-Am. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.


AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Saturday, March 28, 2020

ASALH CFP EXTENDED

ASALH’s 2020 theme comes as the nation marks the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) and celebrates the sesquicentennial of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870). These constitutional amendments reshaped the American political landscape with the culmination of suffrage for women and granting black men the right to the ballot after the Civil War. The theme speaks, therefore, to the ongoing struggle on the part of both black men and black women for the right to vote.

Discussion published by Martha McNamara on Sunday, March 15, 2020

Symposium: From Suffrage to Stonewall: The Visual and Material Culture of Social Justice, Saturday, March 14th, Wellesley College

The 2020 Wellesley/Deerfield Symposium

From Suffrage to Stonewall: The Visual and Material Culture of Social Justice

 

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 8:30-5:00

Discussion published by Roselly Torres on Sunday, March 15, 2020

SHOPPING BAG SPIRITS AND FREEWAY FETISHES featured on Spike Art Magazine

“A study of ritual and its influential role within the improvisational and assemblage practices developed by black artists in Los Angeles in the late 70s and early 80s… While rooted in the prismatic urban experiences of Los Angeles, Barbara McCullough’s Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space (1981) draws upon numerous ancestral mythologies of the African diaspora… In this incisive and interminable manner, McCullough’s definition of ritual as a way of moving “from one space and time to another” remains potent.”

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Sunday, March 15, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 2 March - 9 March

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AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Shawn Leigh Alexander on Sunday, March 15, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Afro-Am: 24 February - 2 March

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Roselly Torres on Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Animated Documentary black enuf* Nominated for a 2020 New York Emmy Award

We are very pleased to announce that Carrie Hawks’ animated documentary black enuf* has been nominated for a New York Emmy Award (AfroPop Series on World Channel, PBS). 

 

"…recalls the journey for acceptance."

- New York Times

 

"…mixes animation with family interviews and dry humor to explore their lifelong journey to qualify their Blackness and LGBTQ identity."

- Colorlines