The Journal of African American History
Volume 99, No.1-2 Winter-Spring 2014
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Special Issue
“Rediscovering the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”
John R. McKivigan, Guest Editor
COMMENTARY – “SAVING HOWARD” WHILE SAVING OUR CHILDREN
V. P. Franklin… 1
INTRODUCTION: REDISCOVERING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
John R. McKivigan… 4
“FINISHED BY THE HAND BY WHICH IT WAS BEGUN”: WHO WROTE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
Robin L. Condon… 12
“MR. DOUGLASS MUST SHARE…OUR DISAPPOINTMENT”: THE COMMERCIAL AND AESTHETIC FAILURE OF LIFE AND TIMES
Julie Roy Jeffrey… 20
FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND THOMAS AULD: RECONSIDERING THE REUNION NARRATIVE
Robert S. Levine… 34
STALWART DOUGLASS: LIFE AND TIMES AS POLITICAL MANIFESTO
John R. McKivigan… 46
SEED-TIME AND HARVEST TIME: NATURAL LAW AND RATIONAL HOPEFULNESS IN FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S LIFE AND TIMES
Peter C. Myers… 56
“THE EVER PRESENT NOW”: FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S PRAGMATIC CONSTITUTIONALISM
Wilson J. Moses… 71
INTERVIEW
THE MAKING OF A HISTORIAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH STERLING STUCKEY
David Roediger… 89
ESSAY REVIEWS
12 YEARS A SLAVE: NARRATIVE, HISTORY, AND FILM
Brenda E. Stevenson… 106
THELONIUS MONK: “THE HIGH PRIEST OF BEBOP”
Larry A. Greene… 119
RACE AND POWER AROUND THE WORLD
Brenda Gayle Plummer… 123
BOOK REVIEWS
Alan Gilbert, BLACK PATRIOTS AND LOYALISTS: FIGHTING FOR EMANCIPATION IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Kathryn Green… 127
Thomas J. Craughwell, THOMAS JEFFERSON’S CRÈME BRULEE: HOW A FOUNDING FATHER AND HIS SLAVE JAMES HEMINGS INTRODUCED FRENCH CUISINE TO AMERICA
Jillian Azevedo… 129
Kate Masur, AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL THE LAND: EMANCIPATION AND THE STRUGGLE OVER EQUALITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Lauren Pearlman… 131
Nicole A. Waligora-Davis, SANCTUARY: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND EMPIRE
Wanda Faye Jackson… 134
Anne Anlin Cheng, SECOND SKIN: JOSEPHINE BAKER & THE MODERN SURFACE
Carol L. Bristol… 136
Michelle Plastas, A BAND OF NOBLE WOMEN: RACIAL POLITICS IN THE WOMEN’S PEACE MOVEMENT
Dayo F. Gore… 138
Anastasia C. Curwood, STORMY WEATHER: MIDDLE-CLASS AFRICAN AMERICAN MARRIAGES BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Frances Smith Foster… 140
Erik S. Gellman, DEATH BLOW TO JIM CROW: THE NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS AND THE RISE OF MILITANT CIVIL RIGHTS
David Graham… 142
Sasha Bernstein, BRIDGES OF REFORM: INTERRACIAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY LOS ANGELES
Sean Slusser… 144
Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD: THE SELMA CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Michael Blum… 146
Jonna Perrillo, UNCIVIL RIGHTS: TEACHERS, UNIONS, AND RACE IN THE BATTLE FOR SCHOOL EQUALITY
Tiffany A. Flowers… 148
Julie A. Gallagher, BLACK WOMEN AND POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY
Daryl A. Carter… 149
B. J. Hollars, THIRTEEN LOOPS: RACE, VIOLENCE, AND THE LAST LYNCHING IN AMERICA
John H. Barnhill… 151
Lawrence Allen Eldridge, CHRONICLES OF A TWO-FRONT WAR: CIVIL RIGHTS AND VIETNAM IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESS
William M. King… 153
Orissa Arend, SHOWDOWN IN DESIRE: THE BLACK PANTHERS TAKE A STAND IN NEW ORLEANS
Kerry L. Pimblott… 154
Robert Stanley Oden, FROM BLACKS TO BROWN AND BEYOND: THE STRUGGLE FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 1966-2011
Cecilia Márquez… 156
Deidre Helen Crumbley, SAVED AND SANCTIFIED: THE RISE OF A STOREFRONT CHURCH IN GREAT MIGRATION PHILADELPHIA
Greer C. Stanford-Randle… 159
Darieck Scott, EXTRAVAGANT ABJECTION: BLACKNESS, POWER, AND SEXUALITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Amy Abugo Ongiri… 160
Aime J. Ellis, IF WE MUST DIE: FROM BIGGER THOMAS TO BIGGIE SMALLS
Treva B. Lindsey… 163
Matt Miller, BOUNCE: RAP MUSIC AND LOCAL IDENTITY IN NEW ORLEANS
Mychal Matsemela-Ali Odom… 165
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BOOKS RECEIVED – 2013… 167
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The Journal of African American History
Volume 99, No. 3 Summer 2014
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“PREMATURELY KNOWING OF EVIL THINGS”: THE SEXUAL
ABUSE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
IN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Wilma King .... 173
“I FEEL SORRY FOR THESE PEOPLE”: AFRICAN AMERICAN
SOLDIERS IN THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR, 1899–1902
Timothy D. Russell .... 197
“MILITANT RECONCILING LOVE”: HOWARD UNIVERSITY’S
RANKIN NETWORK AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Larry O. Rivers .... 223
“JODY’S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE”: GENDER, FOLKLORE,
AND THE BLACK WORKING CLASS
Tyina Steptoe .... 251
ESSAY REVIEWS
THE BLACK-BLUES AESTHETIC AND THE WRITINGS OF 275
TONI MORRISON AND ETHERIDGE KNIGHT
Tony Bolden .... 275
HURRICANE KATRINA: PERSPECTIVES ON WINNERS AND LOSERS
Amadu Jacky Kaba .... 290
BOOK REVIEWS
Watson W. Jennison, CULTIVATING RACE: THE EXPANSION OF
SLAVERY IN GEORGIA, 1750–1860
Kellie Carter Jackson .... 299
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, FORGING FREEDOM: BLACK WOMEN
AND THE PURSUIT OF LIBERTY IN ANTEBELLUM CHARLESTON
Kevin D. Butler .... 301
Freddi Williams Evans, CONGO SQUARE: AFRICAN ROOTS
IN NEW ORLEANS
Earle V. Bryant .... 303
J. Michael Martinez, COMING FOR TO CARRY ME HOME: RACE
IN AMERICA FROM ABOLITIONISM TO JIM CROW
Brandon T. Jett .... 305
Robert Cassanello, TO RENDER INVISIBLE: JIM CROW AND
PUBLIC LIFE IN NEW SOUTH JACKSONVILLE
Jonathon Booth .... 308
Kidada E. Williams, THEY LEFT GREAT MARKS ON ME:
AFRICAN AMERICAN TESTIMONIES OF RACIAL VIOLENCE
FROM EMANCIPATION TO WORLD WAR I
Karen Cook Bell .... 310
Felix L. Armfield, EUGENE KINCKLE JONES: THE NATIONAL
URBAN LEAGUE AND BLACK SOCIAL WORK, 1910–1940
Millington Bergeson-Lockwood .... 312
Allan W. Austin, QUAKER BROTHERHOOD: INTERRACIAL
ACTIVISM AND THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE
COMMITTEE, 1917–1950
Eric R. Jackson .... 315
Beth Tompkins Bates, THE MAKING OF BLACK DETROIT IN
THE AGE OF HENRY FORD
Rowena I. Alfonso .... 316
Geoff K. Ward, THE BLACK CHILD-SAVERS: RACIAL DEMOCRACY
AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
Margaret A. Nash .... 318
Jay Garcia, PSYCHOLOGY COMES TO HARLEM: RETHINKING THE
RACE QUESTION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA
Gavan Lennon .... 321
John H. Roper, Sr., THE MAGNIFICENT MAYS: A BIOGRAPHY OF
BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS
Ervin James III .... 323
Donald Spivey, “IF YOU WERE ONLY WHITE”: THE LIFE OF LEROY
“SATCHEL” PAIGE
Amy Essington .... 325
Preston H. Smith, RACIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE BLACK METROPOLIS:
HOUSING POLICY IN POSTWAR CHICAGO
Destiney Linker .... 327
Alyosha Goldstein, POVERTY IN COMMON: THE POLITICS OF
COMMUNITY ACTION DURING THE AMERICAN CENTURY
Emily M. Hall .... 330
John P. Spencer, IN THE CROSSFIRE: MARCUS FOSTER AND THE
TROUBLED HISTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOOL REFORM
Ann-Marie Adams .... 332
Robin D. G. Kelley, AFRICA SPEAKS, AMERICA ANSWERS:
MODERN JAZZ IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
Larry A. Greene .... 334
Beth E. Richie, ARRESTED JUSTICE: BLACK WOMEN, VIOLENCE,
AND AMERICA’S PRISON NATION
Karen A. Johnson .... 337
Andra Gillespie, THE NEW BLACK POLITICIAN: CORY BOOKER,
NEWARK, AND POST-RACIAL AMERICA
Alec Fazackerley Hickmott .... 339
Erica R. Edwards, CHARISMA AND THE FICTIONS OF BLACK
LEADERSHIP
Myeshia C. Babers .... 341
Angela Y. Davis, THE MEANING OF FREEDOM: AND OTHER
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES
Fenobia I. Dallas .... 343
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers: "Ten Point Program for Reparations for African Americans" .... 346
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The Journal of African American History
Volume 99, No. 4 Fall 2014
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COMMENTARY - UNITED FRONT: SERVICE WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS OF REPARATORY JUSTICE
V. P. Franklin... 347
AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS AS CULTURAL NATIONALISTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN AND MBONU OJIKE
Gloria Chuku... 350
SYMBOLS OF POSSIBILITY: ARTHUR ASHE, BLACK ATHLETES, AND THE WRITING OF A HARD ROAD TO GLORY
David K. Wiggins... 379
REPARATIONS AND HISTORY: THE EMANCIPATION GENERATION’S ETHICAL LEGACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Lynda Morgan... 403
ESSAY REVIEWS
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HEALTH CARE: STATE-SPONSORED AND GRASSROOTS ALTERNATIVES
Merlin Chowkwanyun... 427
BEYOND A LONG CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Jeffrey Helgeson... 442
BOOK REVIEWS
Rachel Sarah O’Toole, BOUND LIVES: AFRICANS, INDIANS, AND THE MAKING OF RACE IN COLONIAL PERU
Christina Violeta Jones... 456
Andrew Sluyter, BLACK RANCHING FRONTIERS: AFRICAN CATTLE HERDERS OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1500-1900
Barbara P. Josiah... 457
Sydney Nathans, TO FREE A FAMILY: THE JOURNAL OF MARY WALKER
Jewell C. Debnam... 460
Gary B. Agee, A CRY FOR JUSTICE: DANIEL RUDD AND HIS LIFE IN BLACK CATHOLICISM, JOURNALISM, AND ACTIVISM, 1854-1933
Paul E. Green... 462
Daniel G. Williams, BLACK SKIN, BLUE BOOKS: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WALES, 1845-1945
Bruce T. Grady... 464
Gerald Horne, FIGHTING IN PARADISE: LABOR UNIONS, RACISM, AND COMMUNISTS IN THE MAKING OF MODERN HAWAI’I
Eric S. McDuffie... 466
Aniko Bodroghkozy, EQUAL TIME: TELEVISION AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Yuya Kiuchi... 469
Francoise N. Hamlin, CROSSROADS AT CLARKSDALE: THE BLACK FREDDOM STRUGGLE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AFTER WORLD WAR II
Robert Greene II... 471
Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner with Cheryl Reitan, THUNDER OF FREEDOM: BLACK LEADERSHIP AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF 1960s MISSISSIPPI
Crystal R. Sanders... 473
Zoe A. Colley, AIN’T SCARED OF YOUR JAIL: ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Stacy Kinlock Sewell... 475
Jack Shuler, BLOOD AND BONE: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN A SOUTHERN TOWN
Darius J. Young... 477
Edythe Scott Bagley, DESERT ROSE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CORETTA SCOTT KING
Julie Gallagher... 479
Michael G. Long, ed., I MUST RESIST: BAYARD RUSTIN’S LIFE IN LETTERS
Jerald Podair... 481
Keith Wailoo, HOW CANCER CROSSED THE COLOR LINE
Leif Fredrickson... 484
N. Jeremi Duru, ADVANCING THE BALL: RACE, REFORMATION, AND THE QUEST FOR EQUAL COACHING OPPORTUNITY IN THE NFL
George B. Kirsch... 486
Stephen Tuck, WE AIN’T WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE: THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE FROM EMANCIPATION TO OBAMA
Brian Purnell... 489
Kim Marie Vaz, THE “BABY DOLLS”: BREAKING THE RACE AND GENDER BARRIERS OF THE NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS TRADITION
Marquis Bey... 492
Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford, ELUSIVE EQUALITY: DESEGREGATION AND RESEGREGATION IN NORFOLK’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mary C. Doyle... 494
David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis, eds., AMBIGUOUS ANNIVERSARY: THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SLAVE TRADE BANS
Jarvis L. Hargrove... 496
Gregory S. Parks and Stefan M. Bradley, eds., ALPHA PHI ALPHA: A LEGACY OF GREATNESS, THE DEMANDS OF TRANSCENDENCE
Gregory Lewis Bynum... 498
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers: “Ten Point Program for Reparations for African Americans”... 502
INDEX TO VOLUME 99... 508
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