04026nam 2200769 a 450 991081320710332120240516125512.00-8147-7232-31-4175-6863-110.18574/9780814772324(CKB)1000000000245291(EBL)865876(OCoLC)784884470(SSID)ssj0000185902(PQKBManifestationID)11154596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185902(PQKBWorkID)10218418(PQKB)10795842(MiAaPQ)EBC865876(OCoLC)57364917(MdBmJHUP)muse10443(DE-B1597)548442(DE-B1597)9780814772324(Au-PeEL)EBL865876(CaPaEBR)ebr10137171(EXLCZ)99100000000024529120030916d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJohn Edward Bruce[electronic resource] politician, journalist, and self-trained historian of the African diaspora /Ralph L. Crowder1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20041 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-1518-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1 From Slavery to Freedom --2 Blyden, Crummell, and Bruce --3 Race, Politics, and Patronage --4 Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and John Edward Bruce’s Career as a Journalistic Hired Gun --5 The Popularization of African American History --6 “Grand Old Man of the Movement” --Conclusion --Notes --Selected Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorJohn Edward Bruce, a premier black journalist from the late 1800's until his death in 1924, was a vital force in the popularization of African American history. "Bruce Grit," as he was called, wrote for such publications as Marcus Garvey's nationalist newspaper, The Negro World, and McGirt's Magazine. Born a slave in Maryland in 1856, Bruce gained his freedom by joining a regiment of Union soldiers passing through on their way to Washington, DC. Bruce was in contact with major figures in African American history, including Henry Highland Garnett and Martin Delany, both instrumental in the development of 19th century Black nationalism and the struggle for Black liberation. Close relationships with Liberian statesman Edward Wilmot Blyden and with Alexander Crummell, a key advocate for the emigration of Blacks to Africa, assisted in Bruce's development into a leading African American spokesman. In 1911, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg and Bruce co-founded the Negro Society for Historical Research, which greatly influenced black book collecting and preservation as well as the study of African American themes.African American political activistsBiographyAfrican American journalistsBiographyAfrican American historiansBiographyAfrican AmericansHistoriographyAfrican diasporaPan-AfricanismAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican American political activistsAfrican American journalistsAfrican American historiansAfrican AmericansHistoriography.African diaspora.Pan-Africanism.African AmericansIntellectual life.African AmericansPolitics and government.973/.0496073/0092BCrowder Ralph L1709575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813207103321John Edward Bruce4099414UNINA