02776nam 22006254a 450 991078501880332120230421220257.00-674-05365-610.4159/9780674053656(CKB)2670000000040414(OCoLC)648760634(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402509(SSID)ssj0000412591(PQKBManifestationID)11281112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412591(PQKBWorkID)10367187(PQKB)10924791(MiAaPQ)EBC3300845(DE-B1597)457585(OCoLC)979777211(DE-B1597)9780674053656(Au-PeEL)EBL3300845(CaPaEBR)ebr10402509(EXLCZ)99267000000004041420080708d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBecoming African Americans Black public life in Harlem, 1919-1939 /Clare CorbouldCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (295 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03262-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-270) and index.Africa the motherland -- Discovering a usable African past -- Institutionalizing Africa, past and present -- The artistic capital of Africa -- "That land of freedom" : Haiti, primitivism, and Black American identity -- Ethiopia ahoy! -- Conclusion : what's in a name?.Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. Throwing off the legacy of slavery and segregation, black intellectuals, activists, and organizations sought a prouder past in ancient Egypt and forged links to contemporary Africa. Their consciousness of a dual identity anticipated the hyphenated identities of new immigrants in the years after World War II, and an emerging sense of what it means to be a modern American.African AmericansHistory1877-1964African AmericansRace identityAfrican AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryAfrican diasporaAfrican AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansRace identity.African AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican diaspora.973/.0496073Corbould Clare1580890MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785018803321Becoming African Americans3862109UNINA