Becoming African Americans : : Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939 /

Becoming African Americans : : Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939 / / Clare Corbould.

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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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Corbould, Clare,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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