Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Weatherby, William J.
2. Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.). Negroes of New York
3. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

Description

1. xix, 328 pages: frontispiece (map); 24 cm

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Alternative title

1. Negroes of New York.

Subject

1. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
2. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
3. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions

Contents

1. Book one (1626-1800): Weary new world -- The slaves rebel -- Democracy, a slogan -- Echoes of Haitian thunder. Book two (1800-1865): Freedom, after a fashion -- Slavery's residue -- Radicals of color -- The civil war. Book three (1865-1910): Negroes in an aggressive age -- Social Emergence -- The talented tenth. Book four (1910-1930): New faces -- The "white man's war" -- Post-war era -- The black bourgeoisie -- The Negro renaissance -- The depression -- "I, too, sing America."

Call number

1. Rare Books 23-215

Note

1. Copy in Rare Books 23-215: "Preface by James Baldwin" on dust jacket cover.
2. "This book is edited from manuscripts in the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, the New York Public Library. These manuscripts were originally prepared by the Federal Writers Project under the working title, 'Harlem--the Negroes of New York (an informal social history)'" -- title page verso.
3. Includes index on pages 315-328.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliographical references on pages 297-312.

Source (note)

1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;

Binding (note)

1. Copy in Rare Books 23-215 bound in publishers' grey cloth over boards with letters in black on cover; with original dust jacket.

Local note

1. Library has autographed copy by William J. Weatherby.
2. Copy in *HND (N.Y.P.L.) is missing.

Author

1. Ottley, Roi, 1906-1960.

Title

1. The Negro in New York; an informal social history. Roi Ottley & William J. Weatherby, editors.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library, 1967.

Copyright date

1. New York, Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1967.
2. ©1967

Bibliography

1. Bibliographical references on pages 297-312.

Binding

1. Copy in Rare Books 23-215 bound in publishers' grey cloth over boards with letters in black on cover; with original dust jacket. NN

Source

1. Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Weatherby, William J.
2. Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.). Negroes of New York.
3. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Added title

1. Negroes of New York.

LCCN

1. 67021389

Research call number

1. Rare Books 23-215
2. Sc *974.71-O (Ottley, R. Negro in New York)
3. Sc 974.71-O (Ottley, R. Negro in New York)
4. IRGC 72-2162 Afro-American editor. Autograph on t.p.: William J. Weatherby.
5. IEC (Ottley, R. Negro in New York)
6. *HND (NYPL) (Ottley, R. Negro in New York)
7. NYGB N.Y.C. G152.5