In the company of Black men
Subtitle: the African influence on African American culture in New York City
By: Craig Steven Wilder.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies, etc.; Voluntarism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religion.; Black nationalism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Africans.; Africa, West -- Civilization.; Africa, West -- Religious life and customs.; New York (N.Y.) -- Civilization.; United States -- Civilization -- African influences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I African Voluntary Associations and the Rise of Black; title: Spiritual Culture; title: 1 A Taunt from the Oppressed: The West African; title: Institutional Legacy in New York City, 1644-1783; title: 2 Raising Mother Zion: The Fusion of African and; title: British Institutions in New York, 1784-1822; title: 3 The Liberating Power of the Cross: The NYAS and; title: the African Encounter with the Protestant Ethic,; title: 1774-1796; title: 4 "The Aristocracy of Character": African Societies and; title: the Moral Consequence of Nationalism, 1784-1845; title: II African Voluntary Associations and the Making of the; title: Public Sphere; title: 5 "The Inmates of My Sanctum Sanctorum": African; title: Voluntary Associations and the Public Sphere,; title: 1808-1845; title: 6 In the Company of Black Men: Manhood and; title: Obligation in the African Confraternity,; title: 1808-1857; title: 7 "A Single Voice": African Societies, the Press, and; title: the Public Sphere, 1827-1861; title: 8 When Black Men Spoke of Freedom: Voluntary; title: Associations and Nationalist Culture, 1809-1865; title: 111 The Transformation of African American Voluntarism; title: 9 "The Gaudy Carnival": The African Declension in the; title: NYASMR, 1863-1945; title: 10 "Shall It Be a Woman?": The Transformation of Black; title: Men's Voluntarism, 1865-1960; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author; title: All illustrations appear as a group following page 146..