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- African American Connecticut Explored
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Garnet Books
summary
The numerous essays by many of the state’s leading historians in African American Connecticut Explored document an array of subjects beginning from the earliest years of the state’s colonization around 1630 and continuing well into the 20th century. The voice of Connecticut’s African Americans rings clear through topics such as the Black Governors of Connecticut, nationally prominent black abolitionists like the reverends Amos Beman and James Pennington, the African American community’s response to the Amistad trial, the letters of Joseph O. Cross of the 29th Regiment of Colored Volunteers in the Civil War, and the Civil Rights work of baseball great Jackie Robinson (a twenty-year resident of Stamford), to name a few. Insightful introductions to each section explore broader issues faced by the state’s African American residents as they struggled for full rights as citizens. This book represents the collaborative effort of Connecticut Explored and the Amistad Center for Art & Culture, with support from the State Historic Preservation Office and Connecticut’s Freedom Trail. It will be a valuable guide for anyone interested in this fascinating area of Connecticut’s history.
Contributors include Billie M. Anthony, Christopher Baker, Whitney Bayers, Barbara Beeching, Andra Chantim, Stacey K. Close, Jessica Colebrook, Christopher Collier, Hildegard Cummings, Barbara Donahue, Mary M. Donohue, Nancy Finlay, Jessica A. Gresko, Katherine J. Harris, Charles (Ben) Hawley, Peter Hinks, Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Eileen Hurst, Dawn Byron Hutchins, Carolyn B. Ivanoff, Joan Jacobs, Mark H. Jones, Joel Lang, Melonae’ McLean, Wm. Frank Mitchell, Hilary Moss, Cora Murray, Elizabeth J. Normen, Elisabeth Petry, Cynthia Reik, Ann Y. Smith, John Wood Sweet, Charles A. Teale Sr., Barbara M. Tucker, Tamara Verrett, Liz Warner, David O. White, and Yohuru Williams.
Ebook Edition Note: One illustration has been redacted.
Contributors include Billie M. Anthony, Christopher Baker, Whitney Bayers, Barbara Beeching, Andra Chantim, Stacey K. Close, Jessica Colebrook, Christopher Collier, Hildegard Cummings, Barbara Donahue, Mary M. Donohue, Nancy Finlay, Jessica A. Gresko, Katherine J. Harris, Charles (Ben) Hawley, Peter Hinks, Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Eileen Hurst, Dawn Byron Hutchins, Carolyn B. Ivanoff, Joan Jacobs, Mark H. Jones, Joel Lang, Melonae’ McLean, Wm. Frank Mitchell, Hilary Moss, Cora Murray, Elizabeth J. Normen, Elisabeth Petry, Cynthia Reik, Ann Y. Smith, John Wood Sweet, Charles A. Teale Sr., Barbara M. Tucker, Tamara Verrett, Liz Warner, David O. White, and Yohuru Williams.
Ebook Edition Note: One illustration has been redacted.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Publisher’s Statement
- pp. ix-x
- Historiographical Notes
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xv-xviii
- Part I Settlement to 1789
- 1 Freedom and Slavery
- pp. 3-12
- 3 Caesar and Lois Peters
- pp. 17-21
- 4 Fortune’s Story
- pp. 22-25
- Part II 1789 to Civil War
- 10 Black Governors, 1780 to 1856
- pp. 69-79
- 11 James Mars
- pp. 80-82
- 12 Black Abolitionists Speak
- pp. 83-85
- 16 The Ruggles, Norwich, and Abolitionism
- pp. 103-110
- 19 Coming to the Aid of the Amistad Africans
- pp. 126-136
- 23 “No Taxation without Representation”
- pp. 165-170
- 24 A Walk Along the Underground Railroad
- pp. 171-173
- 27 Fighting for Freedom: Joseph O. Cross
- pp. 181-184
- Part III Post Civil War to World War I
- 29 Rebecca Primus and Addie Brown
- pp. 198-206
- 30 The Fisk Jubilee Singers Tour the North
- pp. 207-210
- 31 Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey
- pp. 211-216
- 32 Charles Ethan Porter
- pp. 217-224
- Part IV Photo Essay
- 33 A Veil Lifted
- pp. 227-236
- Part V Between the Wars
- 35 Anna Louise James
- pp. 253-255
- 37 Mary Townsend Seymour
- pp. 258-264
- 38 Laboring in the Shade
- pp. 265-270
- Part VI World War II to Civil Rights
- 39 World War II and the Civil Rights Years
- pp. 273-287
- 40 “I Wanted to Fly”: Connie Nappier, Jr.
- pp. 288-291
- 42 Ellis Ruley
- pp. 297-303
- 44 Marion Anderson’s Studio
- pp. 312-314
- 45 From Fields to Footlights: Gwen Reed
- pp. 315-321
- 49 “What Would Dr. King Want You to Do?”
- pp. 347-349
- 50 The New Haven Black Panther Trials
- pp. 350-357
- 51 My Dad, Jackie McLean
- pp. 358-361
- 52 My Summers at Camp Courant
- pp. 362-364
- Part VII A Recipe for the Future
- Contributors
- pp. 393-396
- Bibliography
- pp. 397-418
- Series Page
- pp. 424-428
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819574008
Related ISBN(s)
9780819573988
MARC Record
OCLC
872273282
Pages
452
Launched on MUSE
2014-06-04
Language
English
Open Access
No