CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE IN THE WESTERN STATES
V.P. Franklin Page 1
UNDAUNTED COURAGE AND FAITH:
THE LIVES OF THREE BLACK WOMEN IN THE WEST AND
HAWAII IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Karen A. Johnson Page 4
FORGOTTEN HERITAGE: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MONTANA
TERRITORY, 1864-1889
Barbara Carol Behan Page 23
IDAHO EBONY: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN IDAHO STATE
HISTORY
Mamie O. Oliver Page 41
LIVING THE LOS ANGELES RENAISSANCE: A TALE OF TWO BLACK
COMPOSERS
Kenneth H. Marcus Page 55
ESSAY REVIEW
PATRIARCHY, POLITICS, AND POWER: THE LAW, RAPE, RACE, AND
REALITY IN SLAVERY AND SEGREGATION
Thomas J. Davis Page 73
SPECIAL REPORT
THE KNOWN WORLD OF BLACK SLAVEHOLDERS: A RESEARCH NOTE
ON THE SCHOLARSHIP OF CARTER G. WOODSON
Thomas J. Pressly Page 81
BOOK REVIEWS
John Ernest, LIBERATION HISTORIOGRAPHY: AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS
AND THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY
P. Sterling Stuckey Page 88
William A. Blair, CITIES OF THE DEAD: CONTESTING THE MEMORY OF THE
CIVIL WAR IN THE SOUTH, 1865-1914
Omar H. Ali Page 90
Canter Brown, Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers, FOR A GREAT AND GRAND PURPOSE:
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE AMEZ CHURCH IN FLORIDA, 1864-1905
Jamie Jaywann Wilson Page 92
Ronne Hartfield, ANOTHER WAY HOME: THE TANGLED ROOTS OF RACE IN ONE
CHICAGO FAMILY
Alfred L. Woods Page 94
Kevin Boyle, ARC OF JUSTICE: A SAGA OF RACE, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND MURDER I
N THE JAZZ AGE
Elizabeth M. Smith Page 95
Bob Kuska, HOT POTATO: HOW WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK GAVE BIRTH
TO BLACK BASKETBALL AND CHANGED AMERICA’S GAME FOREVER
Donald Spivey Page 97
Charles L. Zelden, THE BATTLE FOR THE BLACK BALLOT: SMITH V. ALLWRIGHT
AND THE DEFEAT OF THE TEXAS WHITE PRIMARY
Patrick D. Jones Page 99
Joseph Dorinson and William Pencak, eds., PAUL ROBESON: ESSAYS ON HIS LIFE
AND LEGACY
William M. King Page 101
Peter C. Murray, METHODISTS AND THE CRUCIBLE OF RACE, 1930 – 1975
Lester P. Lee, Jr. Page 103
Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, BLACK POWER: RADICAL POLITICS AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN IDENTITY
Peniel E. Joseph Page 104
Vije Franchi and Norman Duncan, eds., PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
PRACTICE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Robert Van Niekerk Page 107
Maureen Mahon, RIGHT TO ROCK: THE BLACK ROCK COALITION AND THE
CULTURAL POLITICS OF RACE
Henry T. Brownlee, Jr. Page 109
BOOKS RECEIVED Page 112
ANNOUNCEMENTS Page 117
Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Lecturers, 2005-2006 Page 120
Volume 91, No. 2 Spring 2006
CONTENTS
“DERE WERE NO PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR HIM, AN’ HE WERE NOT DESIRED
IN HELL”: IGBO CULTURAL BELIEFS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK
EXPRESSIONS
Jennifer Hildebrand 127
HAZEL SCOTT: A CAREER CURTAILED
Dwayne Mack 153
SNCC, BLACK POWER, AND INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTY
ORGANIZING IN ALABAMA, 1964-1966
Hasan Kwame Jeffries 171
RACE NOT SPACE: A REVISIONIST HISTORY OF GANGS IN CHICAGO
John M. Hagedorn 194
COMMENTARY: ON RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACIES
V.P. Franklin 209
BOOK REVIEWS
Scott Trafton, EGYPT LAND: RACE AND NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA
EGYPTOMANIA
Wilson J. Moses 212
Thomas C. Buchanan, BLACK LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI: SLAVES, FREE BLACKS,
AND THE WESTERN STEAMBOAT WORLD
Luther J. Adams 213
Nathalie Dessens, MYTHS OF THE PLANTATION SOCIETY: SLAVERY IN THE
AMERICAN SOUTH AND THE WEST INDIES
Tony Martin 216
Frederick J. Blue, NO TAINT OF COMPROMISE: CRUSADERS IN ANTISLAVERY
POLITICS
Eric Gardner 217
Nathan Grant, MASCULINIST IMPULSES: TOOMER, HURSTON, BLACK
WRITING, AND MODERNITY
Alicia Casey Baum and Dwonna Naomi Goldstone 219
Paul Harvey, FREEDOM’S COMING: RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND THE SHAPING
OF THE SOUTH FROM THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA
Michael Pasquier 221
Ben Green, BEFORE HIS TIME: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HARRY T. MOORE,
AMERICA’S FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYR
Stephanie Y. Evans 223
Steve S. Estes, I AM A MAN!: RACE, MANHOOD, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT
Howell Williams 226
Christopher B. Strain, PURE FIRE: SELF-DEFENSE AS ACTIVISM IN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ERA
Simon Wendt 228
Kenneth T. Andrews, FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE: THE MISSISSIPPI
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ITS LEGACY
Mary N. Oluonye 230
Bertram Levine, RESOLVING RACIAL CONFLICT: THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS, 1964-1989
John H. Barnhill 232
Jeanne F. Theoharis and Komozi Woodard, eds. FREEDOM NORTH: BLACK
FREEDOM STRUGGLES OUTSIDE THE SOUTH, 1940-1980
Clarence Lang 233
Bruce Jackson. GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME: AFRICAN
AMERICAN NARRATIVE POETRY FROM THE ORAL TRADITION
Valerie F. Kinloch 236
Benjamin Looker, “POINT FROM WHICH CREATION BEGINS”: THE BLACK
ARTISTS’ GROUP OF ST. LOUIS
Debi Hamlin 238
Kimberly Springer, LIVING FOR THE REVOLUTION: BLACK FEMINIST
ORGANIZATIONS, 1968-1980
Duchess Harris 240
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Volume 91, No. 3 Summer 2006
CONTENTS
UPLIFTING OUR “DOWNTRODDEN SISTERHOOD”: VICTORIA EARLE
MATTHEWS AND NEW YORK CITY’S WHITE ROSE MISSION, 1897-1907
Steve Kramer 243
EDUCATING THE “NATIVE”: A STUDY OF THE EDUCATION
ADAPTATION STRATEGY IN BRITISH COLONIAL AFRICA, 1910-1936
Michael Omolewa 267
TOWARD A TRANSNATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Gerald Horne 288
BOOK FORUM
MY FACE IS BLACK IS TRUE
CALLIE HOUSE: THE PURSUIT OF REPARATIONS AS A MEANS FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE
James Turner 305
FROM THE MARGINS TO THE CENTER: CALLIE HOUSE AND THE
EX-SLAVE PENSION MOVEMENT
Darlene Clark Hine 311
THEIR FACES WERE BLACK, BUT THE ELITES WERE UNTRUE
Daryl Michael Scott 318
IN SEARCH OF CALLIE HOUSE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MODERN
REPARATIONS MOVEMENT
Mary Frances Berry 323
ESSAY REVIEW
ON THOMAS SOWELL AND AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE
Robert L. Harris 328
BOOK REVIEWS
Michael A. Gomez, REVERSING SAIL: A HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Larry Hudson 335
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, SLAVERY AND AFRICAN ETHNICITIES IN THE
AMERICANS: RESTORING THE LINKS
Barbara Josiah 337
Hiromi Furukawa and Tetsushi Furukawa, NIHONJIN TO AFURIKAKEI AMERIKAJIN
(JAPANESE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS: HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THEIR
RELATIONS)
Suzuko Morikawa 339
Adam Rothman, SLAVE COUNTRY: AMERICAN EXPANSION AND THE ORIGINS
OF THE DEEP SOUTH
Hilary Moss 341
James B. Bennett, RELIGION AND THE RISE OF JIM CROW IN NEW ORLEANS
Kelly J. Baker 344
Frank E. Roberts, THE AMERICAN FOREIGN LEGION: BLACK SOLDIERS OF
THE 93RD IN WORLD WAR I
Samuel B. Hoff 346
Katharine Capshaw Smith, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE OF THE HARLEM
RENAISSANCE
Michelle H. Martin 348
Andrew M. Kaye, THE PUSSYCAT OF PRIZEFIGHTING: TIGER FLOWERS AND
THE POLITICS OF BLACK CELEBRITY
Daniel A. Nathan 351
Jeffrey B. Leak, RACIAL MYTHS AND MASCULINITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN
LITERATURE
Priscilla R. Ramsey 352
Johanna Schoen, CHOICE AND COERCION: BIRTH CONTROL, STERILIZATION,
AND ABORTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Rhonda Y. Williams 354
Peter F. Lau, ed., FROM THE GRASSROOTS TO THE SUPREME COURT:
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Michael Fultz 356
Steven F. Lawson, CIVIL RIGHTS CROSSROADS: NATION, COMMUNITY, AND
THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
Christopher B. Strain 358
Carroll Purcell, ed., A HAMMER IN THEIR HANDS: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Robert C. Hayden 360
Bill Clay, BILL CLAY: A POLITICAL VOICE AT THE GRASS ROOTS
Sherrow O. Pinder 362
Faith Ringgold, WE FLEW OVER THE BRIDGE: THE MEMOIRS OF FAITH
RINGGOLD
Joyce Owens Anderson 364
ANNOUNCEMENTS 366
Volume 91, No. 4 Fall 2006
Special Issue
“P. STERLING STUCKEY: IN PRAISE OF AN INTELLECTUAL LEGACY”
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
Robert A. Hill 367
RING SHOUT FOR THE ANCESTORS
Abena P. A. Busia 372
A HARVEST FOR THE PEOPLE: P. STERLING STUCKEY, ACTIVIST AND
SCHOLAR
Michael A. Gomez 374
ON ANCHORING A GENRATION OF SCHOALRS: P. STERLING STUCKEY
AND THE NATIONALIST PERSUASION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Clement Alexander Price 385
THROUGH THE PRISM OF SLAVE ART: HISTORY, LITERATURE,
MEMORY, AND THE WORK OF P. STERLING STRUCKEY
Jason Young 389
A QUESTION OF ORIGINS: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ROOTS OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURES
France Ntloedibe 401
SONGS OF REMEMBERANCE
Josephine Wright 413
REFLECTIONS ON THE SCHOLARSHIP OF AFRICAN ORIGNIS AND
INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN SLAVERY
P. Sterling Stuckey 425
DOCUMENT
INTRODUCTION: GERMANY ON HIS MIND: “DAS NEUE VATERLAND”
Kenneth Barkin 444
THE NEW FATHERLAND
W.E.B. Du Bois 450
AFTERWORD: FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND W.E.B. DUBOIS ON THE
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ENSLAVED
P. Sterling Stuckey 451
SPECIAL REPORT
THOMAS SOWELL’S QUIXOTIC QUEST TO DENIGRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN
CULTURE: A CRITIQUE
James B. Stewart 459
BOOK REVIEWS
Leslie Harris, IN THE SHADOW OF SLAVERY: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
NEW YORK CITY, 1626-1863
Nikki Taylor 467
Vincent Carretta, EQUIANO, THE AFRICAN: BIOGRAPHY OF A SELF-MADE MAN
Michael Benjamin 469
Sarah Meer, UNCLE TOM MANIA: SLAVERY, MINSTRELSY, AND TRANSATLANTIC
CULTURE IN THE 1850
Martin Crawford 471
William A. Link, ROOTS OF SECESSION: SLAVERY AND POLITICS IN ANTEBELLUM
VIRGINIA
Keith A. Winsell 473
Julius H. Bailey, AROUND THE FAMILY ALTER: DOMESTICITY IN THE AFRICAN
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1865-1900
Jualynne E. Dodson 476
Gregory Mixon, THE ATLANTA RIOT: TACE, CLASS, AND VIOLENCE IN A
NEW SOUTH CITY;
David Fort Godshalk, VEILED VISIONS: THE 1906 ATLANTA RACE RIOT AND
THE RESHAPING OF AMERICAN RACE RELATIONS
Oscar R. Williams 478
Martha Biondi, TO STAND AND FIGHT: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN
POSTWAR NEW YORK CITY
Stacy Kinlock Sewell 480
Houston Bryan Roberson, FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT: THE STORY OF DEXTER
AVENUE KING MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1865-1977
Walter Greason 482
Matthew C. Whitaker, RACE WORK: THE RISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE URBAN WEST
Julian Kunnie 484
Danielle S. Allen, TALKING TO STRANGERS: ANXIETIES OF CITIZENSHIP SINCE
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Lorenzo Morris 486
Jerma A. Jackson, SINGING IN MY SOUL: BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC IN A SECULAR AGE
Lois Merriwhether Moore 489
Stuart L. Goosman, GROUP HARMONY: THE BLACK URBAN ROOTS OF
RHYTHM & BLUES
James B. Stewart 490
James N. Gregory, THE SOUTHERN DIASPORA: HOW THE GREAT MIGRATION OF
BLACK AND WHITE SOUTHERNERS TRANSFORMED AMERICA
Shawn Leigh Alexander 493
John Ogbu, BLACK AMERICAN STUDENTS IN AN AFFLUENT SUBURB:
A STUDY OF ACADEMIC DISENGAGEMENT
Beatrice L. Briglall 495
Noel Leo Erskine, FROM GARVEY TO MARLEY: RASTAFARI THEOLOGY
Jason Parker 497
ANNOUNNCEMENTS 500
CARTER G. WOODSON LECTURERS, 2006-2007 500
INDEX 511
| INDEX TO VOLUME 91 The Journal of African American History Volume 91, No. 1 Winter 2006 Special Issue: “The African American Experience in the Western States” |
| The Journal of African American History |
| Formerly The Journal of Negro History Founded by Carter G. Woodson, January 1, 1916 A Publication of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History |
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