Black New Jersey : 1664 to the Present Day /
Black New Jersey tells the rich and complex story of the African American community's remarkable accomplishments and the colossal obstacles they faced along the way. Drawing from rare archives, historian Graham Russell Gao Hodges brings to life the courageous black men and women who fought for...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2275648 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Introduction
- 1. From Initial Euro-African Settlement to the Pre-Revolution, 1625-1763
- 2. From Revolution to Gradual Emancipation, 1764-1804
- 3. Slavery, Freedom, and Struggle, 1804-1860
- 4. The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I
- 5. Black New Jersey Battles Jim Crow, 1918-1940
- 6. World War II and Its Aftermath, 1940-1960
- 7. The 1960s-2014
- 8. Present and Future
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the author