The Activist Collector : : Lida Clanton Broner’s 1938 Journey from Newark to South Africa / / Christa Clarke.

“After twenty-eight years of desire and determination, I have visited Africa, the land of my forefathers.” So wrote Lida Clanton Broner (1895–1982), an African American housekeeper and hairstylist from Newark, New Jersey, upon her return from an extraordinary nine-month journey to South Africa in 19...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 62
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Prologue “Desire and Determination”
  • PART ONE
  • Chapter 1 A Transatlantic Friendship
  • Chapter 2 From Personal Pilgrimage to Political Purpose
  • PART TWO
  • Chapter 3 “Welcome to Africa!”
  • Chapter 4 Onward and Inward to the Transvaal and Natal
  • Chapter 5 Return to the Eastern Cape and Voyage Home
  • PART THREE
  • Chapter 6 Activist Exhibitions
  • Chapter 7 The Newark Museum and Beyond
  • Epilogue: Mother of the Oceans
  • About the Author