The Journal of African American History
Formerly The Journal of Negro History
Founded by Carter G. Woodson, January 1, 1916
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Volume 93
2008
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Volume 93, No. 1      Winter 2008
Contents

“AN EQUAL CHANCE IN THE RACE FOR LIFE”: REVERDY C. RANSOM, SOCIALISM, AND THE SOCIAL
GOSPEL MOVEMENT, 1890-1920
Cornelius L. Bynum                                                                                                       1

COLE AND JOHNSON’S THE RED MOON, 1908-1910: REIMAGINING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE
AMERICAN FEMALE EDUCATION AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE
Paula Marie Seniors                                                                                                    21  

HEDDA HOPPER, HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP, AND THE POLITICS OF RACIAL REPRESENTATION IN FILM,
1946-1948
Jennifer Frost                                                                                                               36

ESSAY REVIEWS
ON THE HISTORY OF THE JAMAICAN MAROONS
Laurent Dubois                                                                                                            64

ORDINARY GERMANS, SLAVERY, AND THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
Kenneth Barkin                                                                                                            70

RESEARCHING CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Walter Hill, Jr.                                                                                                             80


SPECIAL REPORTS
“CIRCLES OF LEARNING”: EXPLORING THE LIBRARY OF CARTER G. WOODSON
Bobby J. Donaldson                                                                                                     88

IN VOGUE: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND BLACK CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE JAZZ AGE
Bettye J. Gardner and Niani Kilkenny                                                                          94


BOOK REVIEWS
Eric Robert Taylor, IF WE MUST DIE: SHIPBOARD INSURRECTIONS IN THE ERA OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE
TRADE
Sylvia M. Jacobs                                                                                                          99

Denis R. Caron, A CENTURY IN CAPITIVITY: THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF PRINCE MORTIMER, A
CONNECTICUT SLAVE
Edward J. Robinson, Jr.                                                                                              101

Hyman Rubin, III, SOUTH CAROLINA SCALAWAGS
W. Lewis Burke                                                                                                            103

Rebecca J. Scott, DEGREES OF FREEDOM: LOUISIANA AND CUBA AFTER SLAVERY
Charles Vincent                                                                                                             105

Antonio F. Holland, NATHAN B. YOUNG AND THE STRUGGLE OVER BLACK HIGHER EDUCATION
Richard M. Breaux                                                                                                       107

Barbara McCaskill and Caroline Gebhard, eds., POST-BELLUM, PRE-HARLEM: AFRICAN AMERICAN
LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 1877-1919
Barbara L. Green                                                                                                         109

Douglas Henry Daniels, ONE O’CLOCK JUMP: THE UNFORGETTABLE HISTORY OF THE OKLAHOMA BLUE
DEVILS
Bil Banks                                                                                                                      111

Garth E. Pauley, LBJ’s AMERICAN PROMISE: THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ADDRESS
Michael Ezra                                                                                                                114

Simon Wendt, THE SPIRIT AND THE SHOTGUN: ARMED RESISTANCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
Hasan Kwame Jeffries                                                                                                 115

Renee C. Romano, RACE MIXING: BLACK-WHITE MARRIAGE IN POSTWAR AMERICA
Amadu Jacky Kaba                                                                                                      118

Sharon O’Foran, LITTLE ZION: A CHURCH BAPTIZED BY FIRE
Maurice J. Hobson                                                                                                       120

Leigh Raiford and Renee C. Romano, eds., THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN MEMORY
Sandra Jowers-Barber                                                                                              122

R. Marie Griffith and Barbara Dianne Savage, eds., WOMEN AND RELIGION IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA:
KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND PERFORMANCE
Ida Jones                                                                                                                     124

Pero Gaglo Dagbovie, BLACK HISTORY: “OLD SCHOOL” BLACK HISTORIANS AND THE HIP HOP
GENERATION
Stefan Bradley                                                                                                              126

Heiki Raphael-Hernandez and Shannon Steen, eds., AFROASIAN ENCOUNTERS: CULURE, HISTORY,
POLITICS
Audrey Thomas McCluskey                                                                                           128

BOOKS RECEIVED                                                                                                          131

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARTER G. WOODSON LECTURERS, 2007-2008
                                                        138

Special Issue: “Discourses on Race, Sex, and African American Citizenship”
Guest Editor, Melinda Chateauvert

Contents:

INTRODUCTION – DISCOURSES ON RACE, SEX, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Melinda Chateauvert                                                                                                  149

WHAT’S SEX GOT TO DO WITH IT? RACE, POWER, CITIZENSHIP, AND “INTERMEDIATE IDENTITIES” IN
THE POST-EMANCIPATION UNITED STATES
Ann S. Holder                                                                                                              153

ENTERTAINING CITIZENSHIP: MASCULINITY AND MINSTRELSY IN POST-EMANCIPATION SAN
FRANCISCO
Lynn M. Hudson                                                                                                          174

FRAMING SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECONSIDERING THE DISCOURSE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES
Melinda Chateauvert                                                                                                  198

“RECKLESS EYEBALLING”: THE MATT INGRAM CASE AND THE DENIAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SEXUAL
FREEDOM
Mary Frances Berry                                                                                                    223

THE BODY, SEXUALITY, AND SELF-DEFENSE IN STATE vs. JOAN LITTLE,
1974-1975
Genna Rae McNeil                                                                                                      235

ESSAY REVIEWS
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE BLACK CHURCH
Angelique L. Harris                                                                                                    262
REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF BLACK STUDIES
Alan Colón                                                                                                                  271


BOOK REVIEWS
James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, eds., SLAVERY AND PUBLIC HISTORY: THE TOUGH STUFF OF
AMERICAN MEMORY
Richard P. Fuke                                                                                                          280

Gerald Horne, THE DEEPEST SOUTH: THE UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
Chris Dixon                                                                                                                 283

Anthony Tibbles, ed., TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY: AGAINST HUMAN DIGNITY
Lois Merriweather Moore                                                                                           285

Jacqueline Bacon, FREEDOM’S JOURNAL: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
Mitch Kachun                                                                                                              287

Erskine Clarke, DWELLING PLACE: A PLANTATION EPIC
Jenifer Barclay                                                                                                            289

Sylvaine A. Diouf, DREAMS OF AFRICA IN ALABAMA: THE SLAVE SHIP CLOTILDA AND THE LAST AFRICANS
BROUGHT TO AMERICA
Debra Newman Ham                                                                                                   291

Wilma King, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDRHOODS: HISTORICAL PERSECTIVES FROM SLAVERY TO CIVIL
RIGHTS
Diana Slaughter-Defoe                                                                                               294

Jack Hamann, ON AMERICAN SOIL: HOW JUSTICE BECAME A CASUALTY OF WORLD WAR II
Kwame Dixon                                                                                                              296

Samuel W. Black, ed., SOUL SOLDIERS: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE VIETNAM ERA
Clyde C. Robertson                                                                                                     298

Winston A. Grady-Willis, CHALLENGING U.S. APARTHEID: ATLANTA AND BLACK STRUGGLES FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS, 1960-1977
Gregory Mixon                                                                                                            301

Vernon J. Williams Jr., THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THEORIES OF RACE
Nancy-Elizabeth Fitch                                                                                                301

Keith Byerman, REMEMBERING THE PAST IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION
Leslie Campbell Grant                                                                                                305

Steven L. Isoardi, THE DARK TREE: JAZZ AND THE COMMUNITY ARTS IN LOS ANGELES
Michael Lang                                                                                                              307

John T. Barber, THE BLACK DIGITAL ELITE: AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS IN THE INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
Yuya Kuichi                                                                                                                  310

Kamari Maxine Clarke and Deborah A. Thomas, eds., GLOBALIZATION AND RACE: TRANSFORMATIONS IN
THE CULTURAL PRODUCTION OF BLACKNESS
Yolanda T. Moses                                                                                                        312


ANNOUNCEMENTS
Volume 93, No. 3                                                                         Summer 2008
Contents:

“BLACK GENTLEMAN AS GOOD AS WHITE”: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND
AUSTRIALIAN ABORIGINAL POLITICAL PROTESTS, 1830-1865
Gregory Smithers

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OMAHA AND THE 1898 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
David J. Peavler

STATES’ RIGHTS, FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS, AND SEGREGATED 4-H CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES,
1927-1969
Carmen V. Harris


SYMPOSIUM

INTRODUCTION: HURRICANE KATRINA AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS – A SYMPOSIUM
V.P. Franklin

HURRICANE KATRINA THROUGH THE EYES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE MAKING
OF A DOCUMENTARY
Clyde C. Robertson

A KATRINA RECOVERY INITIATIVE: DILLARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT PROJECTS, JANUARY-JULY 2006
Gloria C. Love

PUBLIC SCHOOLING IN POST-HURRICANE KATRINA NEW ORLEANS:
ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS THE SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM?
Pamela N. Frazier-Anderson


ESSAY REVIEW
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND MUSIC
Josephine Wright

BOOK REVIEWS
Susan Dwyer Amussen, CARIBBEAN EXCHANGES: SLAVERY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ENGLISH
SOCIETY, 1640-1700
Charles H. Ford

Gary B. Nash, THE FORGOTTEN FIFTH: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Ervin James, III

J. Gordon Melton, A WILL TO CHOOSE: THE ORIGINS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN METHODISM
Francesca Gamber

Karolyn Smardz Frost, I’VE GOT A HOME IN GLORY: A LOST TALE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Sylvia M. Jacobs

W. J. Megginson, AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN SOUTH CAROLINA’S UPPER PIEDMONT, 1780-1900
Vernon Burton

Joseph O. Jewell, RACE, SOCIAL REFORM, AND THE MAKING OF A MIDDLE CLASS: THE AMERICAN
MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION AND BLACK ATLANTA, 1870-1900
H. Paul Thompson

Vivian M. May, ANNA JULIA COOPER, VISIONARY BLACK FEMINIST: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
Karen A. Johnson

Davarian L. Baldwin, CHICAGO’S NEW NEGROES: MODERNITY, THE GREAT MIGRATION, AND BLACK
URBAN LIFE
Jacob S. Dorman

Judith Weisenfeld, HOLLYWOOD BE THY NAME: AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGION IN AMERICAN FILM, 1929-
1949
Benjamin G. Wright

Andrew H. Myers, BLACK, WHITE, & OLIVE DRAB: RACIAL INTEGRATION AT FORT JACKSON SOUTH
CAROLINA, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Korey Bowers Brown

Elizabeth Jacoway, TURN AWAY THY SON: LITTLE ROCK, THE CRISIS THAT SHOCKED THE NATION
Martha Hardney

Andrew Witt, THE BLACK PANTHERS IN THE MIDWEST: THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OF
THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN MILWAUKEE, 1966-1977
Jakobi Williams

Jacob K. Olupona and Regina Gemignani, eds., AFRICAN IMMIGRANT RELIGIONS IN AMERICA
Nathaniel Samuel Murrell

Karyn R. Lacy, BLUE–CHIP BLACK: RACE, CLASS, AND STATUS IN THE NEW BLACK MIDDLE CLASS
Quincy T. Mills

Adelaide M. Cromwell, UNVEILED VOICES, UNVARNISHED MEMORIES: THE CROMWELL FAMILY IN
SLAVERY AND SEGREGATION, 1692-1972
Emma Lapsansky-Werner

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIUM
– Walter B. Hill, Jr.

Volume 93, No. 4                                                                                                   Fall 2008

Special Issue

“Ending the Transatlantic Slave Trade:

Bicentennial Research, Reflections, and Commemorations”

Contents:

INTRODUCTION:  ENDING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: BICENTENNIAL RESEARCH,
REFLECTIONS, AND COMMEMORATIONS
V.P. Franklin                                                                                                               471

“I NEVER HAVE SUCH A SICKLY SHIP BEFORE”: DIET, DISEASE, AND MORTALITY IN 18TH-CENTURY
ATLANTIC SLAVING VOYAGES
Sowande’ Mustakeem                                                                                                  474

RESISTANCE AND COLLABORATION: POLITICAL STRATEGIES WITHIN THE
AFRO-CAROLINIAN SLAVE COMMUNITY, 1700-1750
Perry L. Kyles                                                                                                             497

THE SLAVING BRIG HENRIQUETA AND HER EVIL SISTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE 19th-CENTURY
ILLEGAL SLAVE TRADE TO BRAZIL
Dinizulu Gene Tinnie                                                                                                  509


SPECIAL REPORTS

REFLECTIONS ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE ABOLITION OF THE BRITISH SLAVE TRADE
J. R. Kerr-Ritchie                                                                                                        532

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMEMORATION: FROM THE SLAVE TRADE ABOLITION BICENTENNIAL TO
CARNIVAL MESSIAH
V.P. Franklin                                                                                                                543

ESSAY REVIEWS
SLAVERY, THE SLAVE SHIP, AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
Ronald W. Bailey                                                                                                        547

DOCUMENTING AND CELEBRATING THE LEGACIES OF AFRICAN PEOPLES
Walter B. Hill, Jr.                                                                                                        564

BOOK REVIEWS
Stephanie E. Smallwood, SALTWATER SLAVERY: A MIDDLE PASSAGE FROM AFRICA TO AMERICAN
DIASPORA
Sylvia M. Jacobs                                                                                                         568

Roger D. Abraham, et al., BLUES FOR NEW ORLEANS: MARDI GRAS AND AMERICA’S CREOLE SOUL
Rhonda J. Miller                                                                                                         570

Sharon Block, RAPE AND SEXUAL POWER IN EARLY AMERICA
Emily M. Hall                                                                                                              573

Daina Ramey Berry, “SWING THE SICKLE FOR THE HARVEST IS RIPE”: GENDER AND SLAVERY IN
ANTEBELLUM GEORGIA
Katrina Thompson                                                                                                      575

Joseph Gerteis, CLASS AND THE COLOR LINE: INTERRACIAL CLASS COALITION IN THE KNIGHTS OF
LABOR AND THE POPULIST MOVEMENT
Andrew W. Kahrl                                                                                                        578

John M. Giggie, AFTER REDEMPTION: JIM CROW AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AFRICAN RELIGION IN
THE DELTA, 1875-1915
Daniel A. Dalrymple                                                                                                   589

Anne Elizabeth Carroll, WORD, IMAGE, AND THE NEW NEGRO: REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITY IN THE
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Edward L. Robinson                                                                                                   582

Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway, eds., BLACK WOMEN’S INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS: SPEAKING
THEIR MINDS
Jacqueline A. McLeod                                                                                                 584

Susannah Walker, STYLE AND STATUS: SELLING BEAUTY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, 1920-1975
Noliwe Rooks                                                                                                              588

Wesley C. Hogan, MANY MINDS, ONE HEART: SNCC’S DREAM FOR A NEW AMERICA
Nishani Frazier                                                                                                           590

Nelson Peery, BLACK RADICAL: THE EDUCATION OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
Christopher M. Tinson                                                                                                592

Milton S. Katz, BREAKING THROUGH: JOHN B. MCLENDON, BASKETBALL LEGEND AND CIVIL RIGHTS
PIONEER
John Matthew Smith                                                                                                    594

James Wolfinger, PHILADELPHIA DIVIDED: RACE AND POLITICS IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Brian Purnell                                                                                                               596

Kathryn M. Neckerman, SCHOOLS BETRAYED: ROOTS OF FAILURE IN INNER-CITY EDUCATION
Kathy Ann Jordan                                                                                                        599

Reiland Rabaka, W. E. B. DU BOIS AND THE PROBLEMS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Benjamin Sevitch                                                                                                         601

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARTER G. WOODSON DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIPS, 2008-2009    604

INDEX TO VOLUME 93                                                                                             615