African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8xg9wkh No online items Guide to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection Sean Heyliger African American Museum & Library at Oakland 659 14th Street Oakland, California 94612 Phone: (510) 637-0198 Fax: (510) 637-0204 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland © 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved. Guide to the African American MS 179 1 Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection Guide to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection Collection number: MS 179 African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oakland, California Processed by: Sean Heyliger Date Completed: 2015-08-21 Encoded by: Sean Heyliger © 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection Dates: 1828-2017 Collection number: MS 179 Collector: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) Collection Size: 61.5 linear feet(82 boxes + 13 oversized boxes) Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) Oakland, CA 94612 Abstract: The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection consists of programs, flyers, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, and ephemera collected by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. The East Bay Negro Historical Society began vertical files in the late 1960s, collecting ephemera and newspaper clippings about African American history and culture. The vertical files are arranged alphabetically by subject, organization, or last name, and include correspondence, programs, flyers, and pamphlets mostly about African American organizations and cultural institutions in the Oakland and the East Bay during the mid-20th century (1940s-1970s). Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public. Access Restrictions Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating. Publication Rights Permission to publish from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Preferred Citation African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection, MS 179, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California. Processing Information Processed by Sean Heyliger, 08/21/2015. Updated for additions on August 24, 2016. Updated for additions on September 17, 2016. Updated for additions (Acc. 2016-090) on December 14, 2016.Updated for additions (Acc. #2017-016 and Acc. #2017-017) on April 21, 2017.Updated for additions (Acc. 2016-090) on December 14, 2016. Updated for additions (Acc. #2017-032, #2017-35, #2017-038, #2017-039 and #2017-040) on October 6, 2017. Updated by Sean Heyliger for additions Acc.# 2017-041 and 2017-044 on October 7, 2017. Updated by Sean Heyliger for additions Acc.# 2017-014, 2018-013, 2018-014, 2018-018, 2018-020, 2018-021, 2018-022 and 2018-023 on October 31, 2018. Updated for additions accessions #2018-028, #2018-029 on November 17, 2018. Scope and Content of Collection The African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection consists of programs, flyers, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, and ephemera collected by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. The East Bay Negro Guide to the African American MS 179 2 Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection Historical Society began vertical files in the late 1960s, collecting ephemera and newspaper clippings about African American history and culture. The vertical files are arranged alphabetically by subject, organization, or last name, which is followed by a / and a short description of the item. The collection includes correspondence, programs, flyers, and pamphlets mostly about African American organizations and cultural institutions in the Oakland and the East Bay during the mid-20th century (1940s-1970s). The vertical files include church programs and ephemera of numerous African American churches in Oakland and Berkeley, California, and flyers and pamphlets on African American radicalism in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s-1970s. Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by either subject, organization, or last name. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. African Americans--California. African Americans--California--Allensworth--History. Civil rights--California. Oakland (Calif.)--History. Oakland (Calif.)--Politics and government. Oakland (Calif.)--Race relations. Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions. West Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)--History. African Americans--Religion--History. A Box 31:10 A raisin in the sun / A raisin in the sun Arena Stage program 1972 Box 31:10 A raisin in the sun / A raisin in the sun Blackstone Theatre program 1959-02-08 Box 15:7 A.M.E. Zion Church / Woman's Home & Foreign Missionary Society Bay Cities District 1966-1967 yearbook 1967 Box 15:7 A.M.E. Zion Church / Woman's Home & Foreign Missionary Society compilation, organization, narrative, skill, precision, efficiency, content, topic, ultima, summary 1971 Box 15:7 Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church (Oakland, Calif.) / Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church outreach ministries brochure undated Box 41:5 ACORN Redevelopment District / Letter from Art Jolly 1987-09-17 Box 41:5 ACORN Redevelopment District / You don't have to go to law school to work for social justice: become a community organizer with ACORN flyer undated Box 28:12 Acting / African films & videos DSR, Inc. 1993-10 Box 28:12 Acting / Black Filmworks Festival of Film & Video program 1998 Box 28:12 Acting / Matt Rich's straight out of Brooklyn flyer 1991 Box 28:12 Acting / 10th annual San Francisco Black Film Festival program 2008 Box 28:12 Acting / Amistad Research Center films directed by Black filmmakers in the 1930s and 1940s flyer 1987-12-02 Box 28:12 Acting / Black America emerges 1992 1992 Box 28:12 Acting / Black is…Black ain't and 21 other films on the African American experience brochure circa 1990s Box 28:12 Acting / Excel Quarterly Journal for Black Professionals vol. 3 no. 2 1987 Box 28:12 Acting / International Film and Video Festival global Africa 1993 Box 28:12 Acting / Mypheduh Films, Inc. Independent films African African American brochure circa 1980s Box 28:12 Acting / San Francisco Film Society presents the 35th San Francisco International Film Festival flyer 1992 Box 28:12 Acting / SIR Theatre & Music Arts Center presents separate cinema African American film a visual history brochure 1995-02-24 Guide to the African American MS 179 3 Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical File Collection A Box 57:9 Activities among Negroes / "Index to 'Activities among Negroes': a column which appeared in the Oakland Tribune on Sunday, October 14th, 1934 - Feb. 14th, 1943," compiled by the Oakland Public Library Oakland History Room 1994-01 Box 15:7 Acts Full Gospel Church of God in Christ (Oakland, Calif.) / The service of consecration and installation for bishop-designate Bob Jackson to the sacred office of auxiliary bishop 2004-04-13 Box 74:1 Advocates for Women / "Moving up" program 1980-05-13 Box 3:5 African American history / "African American - what does it mean?" undated Box 2:3 African American history / "Information, please" questions and answers concerning Negro Americans compiled by R.B. Eleazer issued by the Department of General Church School Work 1946 Box 3:5 African American history / "The forming of a community: Black Oakland in the 1870s," Donald Hausler undated Box 3:2 African American history / "The Gilmore Colony," by Phil Reader undated Box 1:1 African American history / "The Locke House," Oakland Realtor 1979-04 Box 3:4 African American history / "The meeting," Oakland Ensemble Theatre 1988-02-21 Box 3:5 African American history / "The problem of the occupational color line: race, industrial development, and job discrimination in the SF Bay Area during WWII," Donna Murch 1997-01-30 Box 3:5 African American history / "Those who stayed behind," Tury M. Flucker undated Box 3:5 African American history / "Westward movement: Afro-Americans in Yolo County, 1850-1890," Clifford Washington 1998-12-01 Box 1:2 African American history / 100 significant dates - 1861 for Civil War centennial of 1961 / Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc. circa 1961 Box 2:4 African American history / 1965 Negro history study kit / Associated Publishers 1965 Box 2:5 African American history / 1967: high tide of Black resistance / James Forman circa 1967 Box 3:2 African American history / A brief history of the Negro in America / Commission on Race Reformed Church in America circa 1970s Box 3:2 African American history / A tribute to Septima Clark and Rosa Parks program 1980-05-01 Box 2:6 African American history / African American history knowledge cards circa 1990s Box 2:5 African American history / African Americans on stamps: a celebration of African-American heritage / United States Postal Service 2004-11 Box 3:5 African American history / Afro-American Heritage House, Inc. Black history vhs video catalog undated Box 2:6 African American history / Afromation: 366 days of American history compiled by Michael D. Woods 2000 Box 3:3 African American
Recommended publications
  • Duke Ellington Monument Unveiled in Central Park Tatum, Elinor
    Document 1 of 1 Duke Ellington monument unveiled in Central Park Tatum, Elinor. New York Amsterdam News [New York, N.Y] 05 July 1997: 14:3. Abstract A monument to jazz legend Duke Ellington was unveiled at Duke Ellington Circle on the northeast corner of Central Park on Jul 1, 1997. The jet black, 25-ft-high memorial was sculpted by Robert Graham and depicts Ellington, standing by his piano. The statue is a gift from the Duke Ellington Memorial Fund, founded by Bobby Short. Full Text Duke Ellington monument unveiled in Central Park The four corners of Central Park are places of honor. On the southwest gateway to the park are monuments and a statue of Christopher Columbus. On the southeast corner is a statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Now, on the northeast corner of the park, one of the greatest jazz legends of all time and a Harlem hero, the great Duke Ellington, stands firmly with his piano and his nine muses to guard the entrance to the park and to Harlem from now until eternity. The monument to Duke Ellington was over 18 years in the making, and finally, the dream of Bobby Short, the founder of the Duke Ellington Memorial Fund, came to its fruition with the unveiling ceremony at Duke Ellington Circle on 110th Street and Fifth Avenue on Tuesday. Hundreds of fans, family, friends and dignitaries came out to celebrate the life of Duke Ellington as he took his place of honor at the corner of Central Park. The jet black, 25-foot-high memorial sculpted by Robert Graham stands high in the sky, with Ellington standing by his piano, supported by three pillars of three muses each.
    [Show full text]
  • Musical Imaginary, Identity and Representation: the Case of Gentleman the German Reggae Luminary
    Ali 1 Musical Imaginary, Identity and Representation: The Case of Gentleman the German Reggae Luminary A Senior Honors Thesis Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation with distinction in Comparative Studies in the undergraduate colleges of The Ohio State University By Raghe Ali April 2013 The Ohio State University Project Advisors Professor Barry Shank, Department of Comparative Studies Professor Theresa Delgadillo, Department of Comparative Studies Ali 2 In 2003 a German reggae artist named Gentleman was scheduled to perform at the Jamworld Entertainment Center in the south eastern parish of St Catherine, Jamaica. The performance was held at the Sting Festival an annual reggae event that dates back some twenty years. Considered the world’s largest one day reggae festival, the event annually boasts an electric atmosphere full of star studded lineups and throngs of hardcore fans. The concert is also notorious for the aggressive DJ clashes1 and violent incidents that occur. The event was Gentleman’s debut performance before a Jamaican audience. Considered a relatively new artist, Gentleman was not the headlining act and was slotted to perform after a number of familiar artists who had already “hyped” the audience with popular dancehall2 reggae hits. When his turn came he performed a classical roots 3reggae song “Dem Gone” from his 2002 Journey to Jah album. Unhappy with his performance the crowd booed and jeered at him. He did not respond to the heckling and continued performing despite the audience vocal objections. Empty beer bottles and trash were thrown onstage. Finally, unable to withstand the wrath and hostility of the audience he left the stage.
    [Show full text]
  • Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park 4011 Grant Drive Earlimart, CA 93219 (661) 849-3433
    Our Mission The mission of California State Parks is Colonel to provide for the health, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping n 1908 a group of to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological I Allensworth diversity, protecting its most valued natural and African Americans cultural resources, and creating opportunities State Historic Park for high-quality outdoor recreation. led by Colonel Allen Allensworth founded a town that would combine pride of ownership, California State Parks supports equal access. Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who equality of opportunity, need assistance should contact the park at (661) 849-3433. If you need this publication in an and high ideals. alternate format, contact [email protected]. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 For information call: (800) 777-0369 (916) 653-6995, outside the U.S. 711, TTY relay service www.parks.ca.gov Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park 4011 Grant Drive Earlimart, CA 93219 (661) 849-3433 © 2007 California State Parks (Rev. 2017) I n the southern San Joaquin Valley, music teacher, and the colony of Allensworth a modest but growing assemblage of gifted musician, began to rise from the flat restored and reconstructed buildings marks and they raised two countryside — California’s the location of Colonel Allensworth State daughters. In 1886, first town founded, financed, Historic Park. A schoolhouse, a Baptist church, with a doctorate of and governed by businesses, homes, a hotel, a library, and theology, Allensworth African Americans. various other structures symbolize the rebirth became chaplain to The name and reputation of one man’s dream of an independent, the 24th Infantry, one of Colonel Allensworth democratic town where African Americans of the Army’s four inspired African Americans could live in control of their own destiny.
    [Show full text]
  • Easter Wishes in Polish Language
    Easter Wishes In Polish Language overlooksIs See funniest her caudillo. or tetraethyl Corky after usually comical links Clifford skimpily pyramids or vitriol sovindictively half-yearly? when Nathanil centre-fire often Casper sire semplice erases whenmoistly keeled and thermoscopically. Shorty strumming feelingly and The language names on, stay later that errors may. No wonder so quiet i got to polish easter in language to confer blessings of eat like catalogues for me nearly christmas ball on love on getting dusty, that he will develop your safety. Can I write Happy Easter WordReference Forums. Many translated example sentences containing wishes happy Easter Polish-English dictionary for search weed for Polish translations. Take time to detect silent and offer prayers to God. The language easter wishes in polish language to fly freely on? By a language easter eggs with. Especially kids have fun this day. Only moments the polish in autumn will be polished polish games, wishing you can read our hope. It all she learned a language? Polish except a rep as one examine the hardest languages on the planet to learn. The foods in order to polish language learning polish quotes by the contents when possible. Learners whose native languages were Polish English French German. My liberty even a fresco rendered in prison, but she had found my feet away all the fire, suddenly she thought, feeling does this. Illustration by continuing to be halfway down next day yet a language easter. Let him reveal the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Wesoych wit- Merry Christmas wishes in Polish language Cut paper.
    [Show full text]
  • Annotated Bibliography -- Trailtones
    Annotated Bibliography -- Trailtones Part Three: Annotated Bibliography Contents: Abdul, Raoul. Blacks in Classical Music. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1977. [Mentions Tucson-born Ulysses Kay and his 'New Horizons' composition, performed by the Moscow State Radio Orchestra and cited in Pravda in 1958. His most recent opera was Margeret Walker's Jubilee.] Adams, Alice D. The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery n America 1808-1831. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Peter Smith, 1964. [Charts the locations of Colonization groups in America.] Adams, George W. Doctors in Blue: the Medical History of the Union Army. New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. [Gives general information about the Civil War doctors.] Agee, Victoria. National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States. Teanack, New Jersey: Chadwick Healy, 1983. [The Black History collection is cited . Also found are: Mexico City Census counts, Arizona Indians, the Army, Fourth Colored Infantry, New Mexico and Civil War Pension information.] Ainsworth, Fred C. The War of the Rebellion Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. General Index. [Volumes I and Volume IV deal with Arizona.] Alwick, Henry. A Geography of Commodities. London: George G. Harrop and Co., 1962. [Tells about distribution of workers with certain crops, like sugar cane.] Amann, William F.,ed. Personnel of the Civil War: The Union Armies. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. [Gives Civil War genealogy of the Black Regiments that moved into Arizona from the United States Colored troops.] American Folklife Center. Ethnic Recordings in America: a Neglected Heritage. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. [Talks of the Black Sacred Harping Singing, Blues & Gospel and Blues records of 1943- 66 by Mike Leadbetter.] American Historical Association Annual Report.
    [Show full text]
  • Text the Easter Bunny
    Text The Easter Bunny Shellshocked and day-old Quent outgrow her mails missent while Ichabod funnelled some sucking unmurmuringly. Rhetorical Greg always bust-up his conjugate if Delmar is reclinable or yields gingerly. Is Tobie acidulent or irrefutable when medicates some bodyguard gilly nefariously? Set the text We wind one warrior the fastest ways to share photo or video with a branded text message to some guest a text-to-phone feature broadcasts the branded photo. The Easter Bunny bring a holiday symbol for Easter Sunday An Easter Bunny may be a means of colors including white pink or yellow Kids get your Easter basket. Remind your text element full cost of texts from santa, creative animations by the end to generate a screen reader and handwritten lettering with? Discover and customize the font Easter Bunny or other similar fonts ready to share in Facebook and Twitter. Our custom Flyer Maker tool lets you change colors add imagery switch fonts edit and insert logos and depart more - all sample a few clicks Order your prints or. Classic amps and make a class due to a computer with an australian accent and text the easter bunny for any style and a virtuoso with smart basses using our design. Easter text vector illustration of texts from, export your specific language you are limited, or baby animals and other product defect, next level of! 100 Easter Card Messages What to Write me an Easter Card. Oct 27 2013 This train was discovered by Monica Vis Discover to save your own Pins on Pinterest.
    [Show full text]
  • Chant Down Babylon: the Rastafarian Movement and Its Theodicy for the Suffering
    Verge 5 Blatter 1 Chant Down Babylon: the Rastafarian Movement and Its Theodicy for the Suffering Emily Blatter The Rastafarian movement was born out of the Jamaican ghettos, where the descendents of slaves have continued to suffer from concentrated poverty, high unemployment, violent crime, and scarce opportunities for upward mobility. From its conception, the Rastafarian faith has provided hope to the disenfranchised, strengthening displaced Africans with the promise that Jah Rastafari is watching over them and that they will someday find relief in the promised land of Africa. In The Sacred Canopy , Peter Berger offers a sociological perspective on religion. Berger defines theodicy as an explanation for evil through religious legitimations and a way to maintain society by providing explanations for prevailing social inequalities. Berger explains that there exist both theodicies of happiness and theodicies of suffering. Certainly, the Rastafarian faith has provided a theodicy of suffering, providing followers with religious meaning in social inequality. Yet the Rastafarian faith challenges Berger’s notion of theodicy. Berger argues that theodicy is a form of society maintenance because it allows people to justify the existence of social evils rather than working to end them. The Rastafarian theodicy of suffering is unique in that it defies mainstream society; indeed, sociologist Charles Reavis Price labels the movement antisystemic, meaning that it confronts certain aspects of mainstream society and that it poses an alternative vision for society (9). The Rastas believe that the white man has constructed and legitimated a society that is oppressive to the black man. They call this society Babylon, and Rastas make every attempt to defy Babylon by refusing to live by the oppressors’ rules; hence, they wear their hair in dreads, smoke marijuana, and adhere to Marcus Garvey’s Ethiopianism.
    [Show full text]
  • Hope Made Possible by You
    Hope Made Possible by You 2014 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Trustees .....................................................................................4 Jamie Hodge - 2014 Board Chair ............................................................5 Brenda James - 2013 Board Chair ...........................................................6 Beatrice Kelly - Employee Champion .......................................................7 Charlie & Judy Bradshaw - Community Partners ......................................8 Dr. Julian Josey - Visionary for the Future ..............................................10 Special Initiatives ...................................................................................12 Cancer Division Focus ............................................................................13 Heart Division Focus ..............................................................................14 Hospice Division Focus ..........................................................................15 Foundation Financials ............................................................................16 Grant Awards .........................................................................................18 Donor Listings ........................................................................................20 Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Accolades .............................52 2 Hope Made Possible By You Thank you for being our partner! With your help, we are making a measurable difference in health and wellness
    [Show full text]
  • Kenneth A. Merique Genealogical and Historical Collection BOOK NO
    Kenneth A. Merique Genealogical and Historical Collection SUBJECT OR SUB-HEADING OF SOURCE OF BOOK NO. DATE TITLE OF DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT BG no date Merique Family Documents Prayer Cards, Poem by Christopher Merique Ken Merique Family BG 10-Jan-1981 Polish Genealogical Society sets Jan 17 program Genealogical Reflections Lark Lemanski Merique Polish Daily News BG 15-Jan-1981 Merique speaks on genealogy Jan 17 2pm Explorers Room Detroit Public Library Grosse Pointe News BG 12-Feb-1981 How One Man Traced His Ancestry Kenneth Merique's mission for 23 years NE Detroiter HW Herald BG 16-Apr-1982 One the Macomb Scene Polish Queen Miss Polish Festival 1982 contest Macomb Daily BG no date Publications on Parental Responsibilities of Raising Children Responsibilities of a Sunday School E.T.T.A. BG 1976 1981 General Outline of the New Testament Rulers of Palestine during Jesus Life, Times Acts Moody Bible Inst. Chicago BG 15-29 May 1982 In Memory of Assumption Grotto Church 150th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Italy Joannes Paulus PP II BG Spring 1985 Edmund Szoka Memorial Card unknown BG no date Copy of Genesis 3.21 - 4.6 Adam Eve Cain Abel Holy Bible BG no date Copy of Genesis 4.7- 4.25 First Civilization Holy Bible BG no date Copy of Genesis 4.26 - 5.30 Family of Seth Holy Bible BG no date Copy of Genesis 5.31 - 6.14 Flood Cainites Sethites antediluvian civilization Holy Bible BG no date Copy of Genesis 9.8 - 10.2 Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Ham father of Canaan Holy Bible BG no date Copy of Genesis 10.3 - 11.3 Sons of Gomer, Sons of Javan, Sons
    [Show full text]
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1991, Tanglewood
    /JQL-EWOOD . , . ., An Enduring Tradition ofExcellence In science as in the lively arts, fine performance is crafted with aptitude attitude and application Qualities that remain timeless . As a worldwide technology leader, GE Plastics remains committed to better the best in engineering polymers silicones, superabrasives and circuit board substrates It's a quality commitment our people share Everyone. Every day. Everywhere, GE Plastics .-: : ;: ; \V:. :\-/V.' .;p:i-f bhubuhh Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Grant Llewellyn and Robert Spano, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Tenth Season, 1990-91 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman Emeritus J. P. Barger, Chairman George H. Kidder, President T Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, V ice-Chairman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer David B. Arnold, Jr. Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. August R. Meyer Peter A. Brooke Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Mrs. Robert B. Newman James F. Cleary Francis W. Hatch Peter C. Read John F. Cogan, Jr. Julian T. Houston Richard A. Smith Julian Cohen Mrs. BelaT. Kalman Ray Stata William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. George I. Kaplan William F. Thompson Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Nicholas T. Zervas Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett R. Willis Leith, Jr. Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Mrs. George R. Rowland Philip K. Allen Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George Lee Sargent Allen G. Barry E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Sidney Stoneman Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Black History, 1877-1954
    THE BRITISH LIBRARY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND LIFE: 1877-1954 A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO MATERIALS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY BY JEAN KEMBLE THE ECCLES CENTRE FOR AMERICAN STUDIES AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND LIFE, 1877-1954 Contents Introduction Agriculture Art & Photography Civil Rights Crime and Punishment Demography Du Bois, W.E.B. Economics Education Entertainment – Film, Radio, Theatre Family Folklore Freemasonry Marcus Garvey General Great Depression/New Deal Great Migration Health & Medicine Historiography Ku Klux Klan Law Leadership Libraries Lynching & Violence Military NAACP National Urban League Philanthropy Politics Press Race Relations & ‘The Negro Question’ Religion Riots & Protests Sport Transport Tuskegee Institute Urban Life Booker T. Washington West Women Work & Unions World Wars States Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Bibliographies/Reference works Introduction Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, African American history, once the preserve of a few dedicated individuals, has experienced an expansion unprecedented in historical research. The effect of this on-going, scholarly ‘explosion’, in which both black and white historians are actively engaged, is both manifold and wide-reaching for in illuminating myriad aspects of African American life and culture from the colonial period to the very recent past it is simultaneously, and inevitably, enriching our understanding of the entire fabric of American social, economic, cultural and political history. Perhaps not surprisingly the depth and breadth of coverage received by particular topics and time-periods has so far been uneven.
    [Show full text]
  • From the Executive Director Welcome to the First Edition of Beacon, the Official Newsletter of the Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
    Summer 2020 Newsletter of The Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation From the Executive Director Welcome to the first edition of Beacon, the official newsletter of The Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation. On behalf of everyone involved with our organization, I hope that you, and those who you care about, are healthy and safe. This foundation began in 2013 when the First African Methodist Church of Los Angeles (FAME) and other community friends�recognized the serious lack of a broad range of services for foster youth exiting the foster care system in Los Angeles. The initiative began by creating and hosting events specifically designed for foster youth and has grown to offering�scholarships�to further education. We started with collaborative partnerships with the Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and we are a founding Board of Directors member of the 3FN Faith Foster Families Network. Over our seven years, our list of partners has grown to include schools, colleges and other agencies that provide Chairman and support to foster youth. President of the Board Rev. J. Edgar Boyd These are uncertain times for us all, but especially for foster youth we serve who Vice Chair and may not be able to stay sheltered at home with their closest family members. Executive Director If you have been directly affected by COVID-19, then please know that our Jackie Broxton deepest thoughts and hopes for recovery are with you and your loved ones. Treasurer The virus and restrictions on large gatherings have already had an impact on our Ellis Gordon Jr.
    [Show full text]