The Journal of
African American History
Volume 101
2016

The Journal of African American History

Volume 101, Nos. 1-2  Winter-Spring 2016

SELF-EMANCIPATING WOMEN, CIVIL WAR, AND THE UNION ARMY IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND LOWCOUNTRY GEORGIA, 1861-1865
Karen Cook Bell… 1

MAKING A BLACK PACIFIC: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE FORMATION OF TRANSPACIFIC COMMUNITY NETWORKS, 1865-1872
Eunsun Celeste Han… 23

SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE: PHOTOGRAPHY, FREEMASONRY, AND THE MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA
Stephanie A. Wilms… 49

REFRAMING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING: AUDLEY MOORE AND THE UNIVERSAL ASSOCATION OF ETHIOPIAN WOMEN, 1957-1963
Ashley Farmer… 69

“KAZI IS THE BLACKEST OF ALL”: PAN-AFRICAN NATIONALISM AND THE MAKING OF THE “NEW MAN,” 1969-1975
Russell Rickford… 97

“GATEWAY TO HELL”: AFRICAN AMERICAN COKING WORKERS, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST OCCUPATIONAL CANCER
Alan V. Derickson… 126

ESSAY REVIEWS

RACIAL THOUGHT AND RACIST THINKING: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES
W. Malcolm Byrnes… 150

THE HISTORY OF JAZZ: VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE MAINSTREAM
Burton W. Peretti… 164

BOOK REVIEWS

Catherine W. Bishir, CRAFTING LIVES: AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISANS IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, 1770-1900
J. Brent Morris… 176

Frederick Cooper, AFRICA IN THE WORLD: CAPTIALISM, EMPIRE, AND NATION-STATE
Mary N. Oluonye… 177

Diana Paton and Maarit Forde, eds., OBEAH AND OTHER POWERS: THE POLITICS OF CARIBBEAN RELIGION AND HEALING
Annette Palmer… 179

Michael L. Nicholls, WHISPERS OF REBELLION: NARRATING GABRIEL’S CONSPIRACY
Cassandra Newby-Alexander… 182

John Cullen Gruesser, THE EMPIRE ABROAD AND THE EMPIRE AT HOME: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THE ERA OF OVERSEAS EXPANSION
Reena N. Goldthree… 185

Andor Skotnes, A NEW DEAL FOR ALL? RACE AND CLASS STRUGGLES IN DEPRESSION ERA BALTIMORE
David Goldberg… 187

Chris Lamb, CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: SPORTSWRITERS AND THE LONG CAMPAIGN TO DESEGREGATE BASEBALL
Courtney Pace Lyons… 190

John L. Rury and Shirley A. Hill, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLING, 1940-1980: CLOSING THE GRADUATION GAP
Louis Ray… 192

Randal Maurice Jelks, BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS, SCHOOLMASTER OF THE MOVEMENT: A BIOGRAPHY
Lindsey Jones… 194

Yuichiro Onishi, TRANSPACIFIC ANTIRACISM: AFRO-ASIAN SOLIDARITY IN 20TH CENTURY BLACK AMERICA, JAPAN, AND OKINAWA
Tyran Kai Steward… 197

Jennifer Lansbury, A SPECTACULAR LEAP: BLACK WOMEN ATHLETES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
Scott N. Brooks… 199

Akinyele Omowale Umoja, WE WILL SHOOT BACK: ARMED RESISTANCE IN THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM MOVEMENT
Amanda Hughett… 201

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, RADICALS ON THE ROAD: INTERNATIONALISM, ORIENTALISM, AND FEMINISM DURING THE VIETNAM ERA
Andrea Slater… 204

Marybeth Gasman and Louis Sullivan, THE MOREHOUSE MYSTIQUE: BECOMING A DOCTOR AT THE NATION’S NEWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Charmayne E. Patterson… 206

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat, eds., LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE: AMERICA’S NEW DEATH PENALTY?
Samuel B. Hoff… 208

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Books Received – 2015… 211

The Journal of African American History

Volume 101, No.3     Summer 2016

INTRODUCTION – FAITH IN ACTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVISM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLICS
Katrina M. Sanders and Cecilia A. Moore… 217

FORGOTTEN HABITS, LOST VOCATIONS: BLACK NUNS, CONTESTED MEMORIES, AND THE 19th CENTURY STRUGGLE TO DESEGREGATE U.S. CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE
Shannen Dee Williams… 231

“UNDOUBTEDLY A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS”: THE OBLATE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE AND THE JOSEPHITE FATHERS, 1877-1903
Diane Batts Morrow… 261

WALKING AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLES OF BONIFACE HARDIN AS PRIEST, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, AND FOUNDER OF MARTIN UNIVERSITY
Nancy Van Note Chism and Andrea Walton… 288

“NOTHING IS TO BE FEARED”: NORMAN C. FRANCIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM, AND THE BLACK CATHOLIC MOVEMENT
Sharlene Sinegal DeCuir… 312

ESSAY REVIEWS

CATHOLIC MISSIONARY WORK AND CAMPAIGNS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
Cecilia A. Moore… 335

IDENTITY IN PASSING: RACE-ING AND E-RACE-ING IN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Thomas J. Davis… 344


BOOK REVIEWS

Katrina Dyonne Thompson, RING SHOUT, WHEEL ABOUT: THE RACIAL POLITICS OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY
Rachael L. Pasierowska… 356

Gerald Horne, THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION OF 1776: SLAVE RESISTANCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Patricia M. Muhammad… 358

J. Brent Morris, OBERLIN, HOTBED OF ABOLITIONISM: COLLEGE, COMMUNITY, AND THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
Alexander Hyres… 360

Stacey L. Smith, FREEDOM’S FRONTIER: CALIFORNIA AND THE STRUGGLE OVER UNFREE LABOR, EMANCIPATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION
Karen Raines… 362

Bob Luke and John David Smith, SOLDIERING FOR FREEDOM: HOW THE UNION ARMY RECRUITED, TRAINED, AND DEPLOYED THE U.S. COLORED TROOPS
Jesse Gant… 365

Katherine C. Mooney, RACE HORSE MEN: HOW SLAVERY AND FREEDOM WERE MADE AT THE RACETRACK
Drew Brown… 366


Orville Vernon Burton with Wilbur Cross, PENN CENTER: A HISTORY PRESERVED
Tiffany A. Flowers… 368

Nikki M. Taylor, AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK SOCIALIST: THE RADICAL LIFE OF PETER H. CLARK
Stephen Middleton… 370

Karen A. Johnson, Abul Pitre, and Kenneth L. Johnson, eds., AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN EDUCATORS: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THEIR PEDAGOGIES, EDUCATIONAL IDEAS, AND ACTIVISM FROM THE NINETEENTH TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY
Alisha Johnson… 372

Isaac Hampton II, THE BLACK OFFICER CORPS: A HISTORY OF BLACK MILITARY ADVANCEMENT FROM INTEGRATION THROUGH VIETNAM
Otis Eliot Pope, Jr… 375

Diane Pecknold, ed., HIDDEN IN THE MIX: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Kenneth H. Marcus… 377

Tsitsi Ella Jaji, AFRICA IN STEREO: MODERNISM, MUSIC, AND PAN-AFRICAN SOLIDARITY
Joseph M. Thompson… 380

Raphael G. Warnock, THE DIVIDED MIND OF THE BLACK CHURCH: THEOLOGY, PIETY, AND PUBLIC WITNESS
Ida M. Jones… 382

F. Michael Higginbotham, GHOSTS OF JIM CROW: ENDING RACISM IN POST-RACIAL AMERICA
John R. Tilghman… 384

Elisa Joy White, MODERNITY, FREEDOM, AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: DUBLIN, NEW ORLEANS, PARIS
Cassandra Newby-Alexander… 386

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Journal of African American History

Volume 101, No.4     Fall 2016

COMMENTARY – REPARATIONS FOR THE BLACK CHILD: LESSONS FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
V. P. Franklin…391

INTRODUCTION – AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTORY: STUDIES IN RACE, CAPITALISM, AND POWER
Juliet E. K. Walker and Shennette Garrett-Scott…395

A MAN IN A WOMAN’S WORLD: ANTHONY OVERTON’S RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
Robert E. Weems, Jr….407

“TO DEVELOP OUR BUSINESS”: ADDISON SCURLOCK, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE, 1900-1920
W. Brian Piper…436

THESE LADIES DO BUSINESS WITH A CAPITAL B: THE GRIFFIN SISTERS AS BLACK BUSINESSWOMEN IN EARLY VAUDEVILLE
Michelle R. Scott…469

BLACK LAND, BLACK CAPITAL: RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SUNBELT SOUTH, 1969-1976
Alec Hickmott…504

ESSAY REVIEW

THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST PEDAGOGYAND BOSTON PERSONALISM
Larry O. Rivers…535

BOOK REVIEWS

Michael Guasco, SLAVES AND ENGLISHMEN: HUMAN BONDAGE IN THE EARLY MODERN ATLANTIC WORLD
Amy M. Johnson…547

Frank Marotti, HEAVEN’S SOLDIERS: FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE SPANISH LEGACY IN ANTEBELLUM FLORIDA
Larry E. Rivers…549

Sylviane A. Diouf, SLAVERY’S EXILES: THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN MAROONS
Jarvis L. Hargrove…551

Henry Goings, with Calvin Schermerhorn, Michael Plunkett, and Edward Gaynor, eds., RAMBLES OF A RUNAWAY FROM SOUTHERN SLAVERY
Dann J. Broyld …553

Barbara Krauthamer, BLACK SLAVES, INDIAN MASTERS: SLAVERY, EMANCIPATION, AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN SOUTH
Leroy Meyers, Jr….556

Krewasky A. Salter I, THE STORY OF BLACK MILITARY OFFICERS, 1861-1948
Otis Eliot Pope…557

Margaret Garb, FREEDOM’S BALLOT: AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL STRUGGLES IN CHICAGO FROM ABOLITION TO THE GREAT MIGRATION Guy Lancaster…559

Elizabeth Gritter, RIVER OF HOPE: BLACK POLITICS AND THE MEMPHIS FREEDOM MOVEMENT, 1865-1954
Albert Dorsey, Jr….562

Paul and Beth Garon, WOMAN WITH GUITAR: MEMPHIS MINNIE’S BLUES
Amy Essington…564

Richard M. Mizelle, Jr., BACKWATER BLUES: THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IMAGINATION
Sarah Nicklas…565

Ronald J. Stephens, IDLEWILD: THE RISE, DECLINE, AND REVIRTH OF A UNIQUE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESORTY TOWN
DeWitt S. Dykes, Jr.…567

Charles E. Cobb, Jr., THIS NONVIOLENT STUFF’LL GET YOU KILLED: HOW GUNS MADE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT POSSIBLE
Samuel B. Hoff…570

Dwayne A. Mack, BLACK SPOKANE: THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST
Portia Marie Twidt…572

Eric Allen Hall, ARTHUR ASHE: TENNIS AND JUSTICE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA
Travis D. Boyce…573

Emily E. Straus, DEATH OF A SUBURBAN DREAM: RACE AND SCHOOLS IN COMPTON, CALIFORNIA
Walter D. Greason…575

LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, TALKING TO THE DEAD: RELIGION, MUSIC, AND LIVED MEMORY AMONG GULLAH/GEECHEE WOMEN
Shannen Dee Williams…577

Barbara Smith, with Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks, eds., AIN’T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME AROUND: FORTY YEARS OF MOVEMENT BUILDING WITH BARBARA SMITH
Heather Andrews-Horton…580

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