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Black Manhattan
- Title
- Black Manhattan / James Weldon Johnson ; with a foreword by Zadie Smith.
- Author
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
- Publication
- New York, NY : IG Publishing, [2021]
- ©1930
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, Zadie
- Description
- xxii, 255 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Originally published in 1930, Black Manhattan traces the Black experience in New York City from its origins in the seventeenth centurty through the Revolutionary and Civil War periods, to the triumphant achievements of the Harlem Renaissance. Written by one of the leading Black scholars and activists of the first half of the twentieth century, this timeless book also illuminated Black literature, theater and music of the time, as well as raising important questions about Black people's struggles to find their identity in America. An essential sociological and historical document, this new edition of Black Manhattan features a foreword by best-selling author Zadie Smith.
- Subject
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life
- Harlem Renaissance
- African Americans
- African Americans > Social conditions
- African Americans > Economic conditions
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- African Americans > Intellectual life
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State) > New York
- New York (State) > New York > Harlem
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Reprint, with new introduction. Originally published 1930.
- Includes index.
- Call Number
- Sc D 23-57
- ISBN
- 9781632461155
- 1632461153
- OCLC
- 1144102876
- Author
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, author.
- Title
- Black Manhattan / James Weldon Johnson ; with a foreword by Zadie Smith.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : IG Publishing, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©1930
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- ORIG. PUB. IN 1930, REPRINT OF 1958 ED.
- Added Author
- Smith, Zadie, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 23-57