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
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”
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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


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