Becoming African Americans : : Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939 / / Clare Corbould.
Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations soug...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Africa the Motherland -- 2. Discovering a Usable African Past -- 3. Institutionalizing Africa, Past and Present -- 4. The Artistic Capital of Africa -- 5. Haiti, a Stepping- Stone to Africa -- 6. Ethiopia Ahoy! -- Epilogue: What's in a Name? -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations sought a prouder past in ancient Egypt and forged links to contemporary Africa. Their consciousness of a dual identity anticipated the hyphenated identities of new immigrants in the years after World War II, and an emerging sense of what it means to be a modern American. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674053656 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674053656 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Clare Corbould. |