A01=Frederick A. Johnson
A01=Leonard L Bethel
Author_Frederick A. Johnson
Author_Leonard L Bethel
Category=JBSL
Category=NHB
Category=NHTB
Category=QRM
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761808480
- Weight: 329g
- Dimensions: 152 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 19 Mar 1998
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The history of how blacks came to America is generally not found in city hall documents, but in the old Black churches and in the hearts and minds of elderly blacks who attended those churches. Through oral history and participant observation, this book attempts to unfold the story of what really occurred in the development of northeastern American towns and cities through the events that took place in Plainfield, New Jersey. This town was chosen for the study because of its large African-American population (65-70%), and the concentration of churches which were established around 1900.
Leonard L. Bethel is Associate Professor of African Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
