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    Black New Jersey
    1664 to the Present Day

    Graham Russell Gao Hodges (Author)

    9780813595184

    Hardback, published 1 October 2018

    380 pages, 20 B-W images
    23.5 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm, 0.68 kg

    "The breadth of topic and detail in this work are impressive. Recommended." 
    — Choice


    "The history of black-white race relations in New Jersey is one of the best windows into the strange career of the Jim Crow North. Few historians are qualified to write that epic tale, punctuated by not only tragedy but also triumph and irony. But, Graham Hodges has mastered that awesome intellectual responsibility and scholarly challenge with both force and clarity. Indeed, Professor Hodges sets the gold standard in this historical narrative of the long struggle for racial equality in New Jersey. Bravo!"
    — Komozi Woodard, author of A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka and Black Power Politics

    "Hodges seamlessly transitions between events transpiring in communities across the state and how those events affected the lives of the Black residents locally. Moreover, the book strikes a balance between the strife and destitute conditions of many and the achievements of various prominent members of the community and the emergence of the Black middle class."
    — Journal of African American History


    "Flawlessly researched."
    — Newark Star-Ledger

    "A highly nuanced and sophisticated history of the black population in the state....This study is a tale of progress and accomplishments of New Jersey African Americans, but also of racial disparities which negatively affect the quality of life in New Jersey."
    — New Jersey Studies


    "Black New Jersey is most interesting and full of important information long buried in primary sources. Graham Hodges brings New Jersey and its people to the fore as people in particular places and times yet within a national context. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of a book very well done."
    — Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University


    "The leading historian of the Mid-Atlantic has written a sweeping, bold, and insightful history of Black New Jersey. It is a singular accomplishment." 

    — Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities

    "An engaging read, especially for persons with interest in the history of the Garden State, and it is a fine exemplar of the state historical genre."
    — Journal of American History

    Winner of the 2019 Richard P. McCormick Prize from the New Jersey Historical Commission

    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 their freedom and eventually built a sturdy and substantial middle class. He explores how the state's unique mix of religious, artistic, and cultural traditions have helped to produce such world-renowned figures as Paul Robeson, Cory Booker, and Queen Latifah, as well as a host of lesser-known but equally influential New Jersey natives.  

    C O N T E N T S
    List of Illustrations ix
    Introduction 1
    1 From Initial Euro-African Settlement to the Pre-Revolution, 1625–1763 12
    2 From Revolution to Gradual Emancipation, 1764–1804 34
    3 Slavery, Freedom, and Struggle, 1804–1860 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    59
    4 The Civil War and Reconstruction to World War I 
     
     
     
     
    98
    5 Black New Jersey Battles Jim Crow, 1918–1940 
     
     
     
     
    159
    6 World War II and Its Aftermath, 1940–1960 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    211
    7 The 1960s–2014 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    249
    8 Present and Future 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    291
    Acknowledgments 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    301
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