Writers of the Harlem Renaissance generally fall into "folk," "bourgeois," or "proletarian" aesthetic categories. Jones argues that all three aesthetics influence the historically mislabeled works of
"This book provides a mirror to our past--a past that has been ignored or overshadowed for too long." From the foreword by Alex Haley Kern-Foxworth chronicles the stereotypical portrayals of Blacks in
An account of black hospitals which traces medical care for African Americans from slavery, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the black hospital movement, to the Hill-Burton Act and the decline of black hosp
This is the first book to document thoroughly the lifestyle and collective experience of the many thousands of black sailors during this time period. Numerous illustrations in the form of original cha
This narrative recounts the history of peoples of African descent among the Seminoles from the mid-1830s to the end of the Civil War.Because Seminoles held slaves in a confusing system that was marked
What does it mean to be Black in a white, middle-class community? Is it the ultimate symbol of success? Or will one pay in isolation, alienation, rootlessness? What price must one pay for paradise? Is
Alice Walker is one of the most influential and controversial figures in twentieth-century American literature. This collection of essays represents a dispassionate scholarly effort to comprehend the
Comprises 17 contributions on African and African-derived religions and how they display themselves in the contemporary world, particularly the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The focus of many
Though known primarily as a poet, Langston Hughes crafted well over 40 theatrical works. This book examines Hughes's stage pieces from his first published play, The Gold Piece (1921), through his post
An interdisciplinary study of market women from all parts of Africa shows how, from historical times to the present, African women have used the economic power they have derived from market activities
A collection of 11 chapters by Nigerian professors, this book covers such issues as the dignity of intellectual labor; how colonial writings on Africa helped Africans decide to become the interpreters
This book combines historical biography with a focus on the role of the practitioner in the folk health-care system, and ethnobotany, including a description of the active ingredients of the herbs use
This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expande
Denied its true place in history, the pre-Civil War black press was a forward looking, socially responsible press. Through her analysis of the content of black newspapers and magazines from the 1830s
Not surprisingly, African Americans have faced considerable obstacles in pursuing careers in engineering in the United States. Wharton has constructed the first history of black efforts to advance in
Arna Wendell Bontemps was a renaissance man in the broadest sense, a gentleman-scholar-poet fully engaged in the life of the intellect. He contributed vastly to the culture of his era through his own
Are the relationships between minority groups as significant as those between dominant and minority groups? In this innovative analysis of the relationships between the African American and the Jewish
These classic essays by an important independent scholar cull the novels of the Afro-American writers James Weldon Johnson, W. E. B. Du Bois, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison for their political mean
The essays in this collection highlight some of the efforts made by both blacks and whites to promote adult education for the African American community from 1619 to the present.
This study describes events and decisions that led to increased American involvement in the Nigeria/Biafra War of 1966-1970--a complex period during which the U.S. was attempting to withdraw from invo
This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expande
This book explores the complex and changing attitudes held toward blacks by the nation's leading sociologists from 1896 to the end of World War II, examining how and why sociology transformed itself f
Mechal Sobel's fascinating study of the religious history of slaves and free blacks in antebellum America is presented here in a compact volume without the appendixes. Sobel's central thesis is that A
"An outstanding, comprehensive study about press coverage of black Americans during the 1960s and 1970s. In clear, polished writing style, Martindale analyzes past press coverage deficiencies, points
