LEADER 04762nam 2200685 450 001 9910461367503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62674-643-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000484107 035 $a(EBL)4397136 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597312 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397136 035 $a(OCoLC)908635002 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4397136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11155655 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL838064 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000484107 100 $a20160302h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity of islands $eCaribbean intellectuals in New York /$fTammy L. Brown 210 1$aJackson, [Mississippi] :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 1 $aCaribbean Studies Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62846-226-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: an autobiography of the biographer -- The personal is political : An introduction -- Caribbean New York -- Ethelred Brown and the Character of New Negro leadership -- Richard B. Moore and Pan-Caribbean consciousness -- Pearl Primus and the performance of African diasporic identities -- Shirley Chisholm and the style of multicultural democracy -- Paule Marshall and the voice of black immigrant women -- Coda: "Garvey's ghost" : life after death. 330 2 $a"Tammy L. Brown uses the life stories of West Indian intellectuals to investigate the dynamic history of immigration to New York and the long battle for racial equality in modern America. The majority of the 40,000 black immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island during the first wave of Caribbean immigration to New York hailed from the English-speaking Caribbean--mainly Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad. Arriving at the height of the Industrial Revolution and a new era in black culture and progress, these black immigrants dreamed of a more prosperous future. However, northern-style Jim Crow hindered their upward social mobility. In response, Caribbean intellectuals delivered speeches and sermons, wrote poetry and novels, and created performance art pieces challenging the racism that impeded their success. Brown traces the influences of religion as revealed at Unitarian minister Ethelred Brown's Harlem Community Church and in Richard B. Moore's fiery speeches on Harlem street corners during the age of the 'New Negro.' She investigates the role of performance art and Pearl Primus's declaration that 'dance is a weapon for social change' during the long civil rights movement. Shirley Chisholm's advocacy for women and all working-class Americans in the House of Representatives and as a presidential candidate during the peak of the Feminist Movement moves the book into more overt politics. Novelist Paule Marshall's insistence that black immigrant women be seen and heard in the realm of American Arts and Letters at the advent of 'multiculturalism' reveals the power of literature. The wide-ranging styles of West Indian campaigns for social justice reflect the expansive imaginations and individual life stories of each intellectual Brown studies. In addition to deepening our understanding of the long battle for racial equality in America, these life stories reveal the powerful interplay between personal and public politics"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aCaribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 606 $aWest Indian Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xIntellectual life 606 $aWest Indian Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xPolitics and government 606 $aIntellectuals$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aImmigrants$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aSocial justice$zNew York (State)$zHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xIntellectual life 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xRace relations$xHistory 607 $aWest Indies$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWest Indian Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aWest Indian Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aSocial justice 676 $a305.896/9729074710922 700 $aBrown$b Tammy L.$f1976-$0910699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461367503321 996 $aCity of islands$92038408 997 $aUNINA