LEADER 04026nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910813207103321 005 20240516125512.0 010 $a0-8147-7232-3 010 $a1-4175-6863-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814772324 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245291 035 $a(EBL)865876 035 $a(OCoLC)784884470 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185902 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185902 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218418 035 $a(PQKB)10795842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865876 035 $a(OCoLC)57364917 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10443 035 $a(DE-B1597)548442 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814772324 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865876 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137171 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245291 100 $a20030916d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Edward Bruce$b[electronic resource] $epolitician, journalist, and self-trained historian of the African diaspora /$fRalph L. Crowder 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-1518-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 From Slavery to Freedom --$t2 Blyden, Crummell, and Bruce --$t3 Race, Politics, and Patronage --$t4 Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and John Edward Bruce?s Career as a Journalistic Hired Gun --$t5 The Popularization of African American History --$t6 ?Grand Old Man of the Movement? --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aJohn 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. 606 $aAfrican American political activists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American journalists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American historians$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistoriography 606 $aAfrican diaspora 606 $aPan-Africanism 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAfrican American political activists 615 0$aAfrican American journalists 615 0$aAfrican American historians 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistoriography. 615 0$aAfrican diaspora. 615 0$aPan-Africanism. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government. 676 $a973/.0496073/0092 676 $aB 700 $aCrowder$b Ralph L$01709575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813207103321 996 $aJohn Edward Bruce$94099414 997 $aUNINA