Wellman Judith Brooklyn`s Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York 9781479874477

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Автор: Wellman Judith
Название: Brooklyn`s Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York
ISBN: 9781479874477
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Америк

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

Социальная дискриминация и неравенство

Этнические меньшинства и мультикультурные исследования

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 1479874477
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.46 кг.
Дата издания: 01.02.2017
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 18
Ключевые слова: History,Social discrimination & inequality,Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, HISTORY / General,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Подзаголовок: The free black community of weeksville, new york
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In Brooklyns Promised Land, Judith Wellman not only tells the important narrative of Weeksvilles growth, disappearance, and eventual rediscovery, but also highlights the stories of the people who created this community. In 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. The infrastructure and vibrant history of Weeksville, an African American community that had become one of the largest free black communities in nineteenth century United States, were virtually wiped out by Brooklyns exploding population and expanding urban grid.
Weeksville was founded by African American entrepreneurs after slavery ended in New York State in 1827. Located in eastern Brooklyn, Weeksville provided a space of physical safety, economic prosperity, education, and even political power for its black population, who organized churches, a school, orphan asylum, home for the aged, newspapers, and the national African Civilization Society. Notable residents of Weeksville, such as journalist and educator Junius P. Morell, participated in every major national effort for African American rights, including the Civil War.

Drawing on maps, newspapers, census records, photographs, and the material culture of buildings and artifacts, Wellman reconstructs the social history and national significance of this extraordinary place. Through the lens of this local community, Brooklyns Promised Land highlights themes still relevant to African Americans across the country.

Brooklyn`s Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York, Wellman Judith