An Overview of the African-American Experience
African American Contributions to the History of New Jersey: Some New Jerseyans of Note, Phyllis Meredith
From Slavery to Freedom (2000), John Hope Franklin and Alfred Moss
This book is considered one of the quintessential texts on the African American experience. It explores the roots of African Americans in Africa, the horrors of slavery, and the struggle for equality.
Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream. (2013), Christina M. Greer
Christina M. Greer’s book explores the role of ethnicity and immigration in the U.S. political landscape. She asks the question, “how will these ‘new blacks’ behave in America?”
Afro-Americans in New Jersey: A Short History (1989), New Jersey Historical Commission, Giles R. Wright
This resource covers the history of African Americans in New Jersey from the colonial period through the 1980s.
African American Contributions to the History of New Jersey: Some New Jerseyans of Note, Phyllis Meredith
Provided by the Campbell Library of Rowan University, this resource offers a compendium of famous African Americans from Jersey.
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
Located in Atlantic City, this museum features a variety of exhibits focusing on the African American experience in Southern New Jersey, such as “Stereotypes: From Little Black Sambo to Aunt Jemima and Beyond.” There are also traveling exhibits as well as events held by the museum.
Blacks in Latin America is a four-part television series which aired on PBS in 2011. It follows Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. as he examines how Latin American and Caribbean cultures arose from a blend of African and European cultures.