African-American Maritime History
I'm looking for a bibliography on African-American maritime history, ideally from colonization through the early 20th century. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Call for contributions to #SuffrageSyllabus
I am working with Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library to create an intersectional #suffragesyllabus on the gendered and racialized history of voting rights in the United States from the 1830s to the present. Highlighting the ideas
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.
Re: Searching for 1920s Chicago Defender business records
The Abbott-Sengstacke Family Papers are held by the Chicago Public Library. The collection is pretty extensive and holds personal & professional business records and correspondence.
Angela Tate
PhD student | Northwestern University
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
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
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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).
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.
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
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/)
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.
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.
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.
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If Wishes Were Sources: Speculation and the Saga of James Bradley, Oberlin’s "First" Black Student
If Wishes Were Sources: Speculation and the Saga of James Bradley, Oberlin’s "First" Black Student
Author: John Frederick Bell, Assumption University
Comment: Julie Winch, University of Massachusetts Boston
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TOC & CFP, December 2022 African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
The December 2022 Newsletter is now available online at: http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/newsletter.html
Please contact Chris Fennell if you have essays, analysis papers, book reviews, project reports, announcements, or news updates that you'd like to contribute to the African Diaspora Archaeology Network (ADAN) and Newsletter. This Newsletter will be published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December.
Journal of Festive Studies Issue Five Call for Papers
Journal of Festive Studies Issue Five Call for Papers
Sport and Festivity (Guest Edited by Laurent S. Fournier)
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CFP for Southern Cultures issue: The Gothic South
Call for Papers: The Gothic South (Winter 2023)
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Hodson Trust – John Carter Brown Fellowship (four months, $20,000 + housing)
The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust - John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship.
Deadline Extended to 12/20/22: CALL FOR PAPERS Homemaking: Race, Place, and Ethnicity in the New England Household
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