African American History and the JAEH: The First Twenty-Five Years

This essay discusses the early twentieth-century roots of immigration and ethnic history's engagement with African Americans and the race theme; pinpoints the role of the Journal of American Ethnic History in helping to bring the two fields closer together; and concludes with a focus on the cha...

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Published in:Journal of American ethnic history 2006-07, Vol.25 (4), p.109-118
Main Author: Trotter, Joe W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African American studies
African Americans
American history
Analysis
Black communities
Black history
Cities
Emigration and immigration
Ethnic Studies
Forum: Future Directions in American Immigration and Ethnic History
History
Human migration
Immigration
Political migration
Race
United States history
Urban exodus
White people
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Summary:This essay discusses the early twentieth-century roots of immigration and ethnic history's engagement with African Americans and the race theme; pinpoints the role of the Journal of American Ethnic History in helping to bring the two fields closer together; and concludes with a focus on the challenges that the African American experience continues to pose for immigration history and the JAEH in the twenty-first century.
ISSN:0278-5927
1936-4695
DOI:10.2307/27501747