The following is a bibliography of articles from the Journal of Negro History related to our theme. Please peruse the list to find articles that might be suitable for your research interests.
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The Black Family in ASALH Reports and Programs
Woodson, Carter G. “Annual Report of the Director,” The Journal of Negro History, 32/4 (Oct. 1947): 407-416.
Woodson, C. G. “The Annual Report of the Director,” The Journal of Negro History, 33/4 (Oct. 1948): 387-394.
Brewer, W. M. “Annual Report,” The Journal of Negro History, 37/4 (Oct. 1952): 359-367.
Harris, Jr., Robert L. “The Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/4 (Winter 1981-1982): 318-325.
Bellamy, Donnie D. “The Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting,” The Journal of Negro History, 68/1 (Winter 1983): 54-58.
Brewer, William M. “Documents: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting, October 8-12, 1969,” The Journal of Negro History, 78/1 (Winter 1993): 49-77.
“Document: 68th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc., October 19-23, 1983,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/1 (Winter 1994): 100-129.
The Black Family as the Primary Research Focus
Frazier, E. Franklin. “The Negro Slave Family,” The Journal of Negro History, 15/2 (Apr. 1930): 198-259.
Fitchett, E. Horace. “The Influence of Claflin College on Negro Family Life,” The Journal of Negro History, 29/4 (Oct. 1944): 429-460.
Crouch, Barry A. “The ‘Chords of Love’: Legalizing Black Marital and Family Rights in Postwar
Texas,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/4 (Autumn 1994): 334-351.
The Black Family – Biographies and Obituaries
Smith, Anna Bustill. “The Bustill Family,” The Journal of Negro History, 10/4 (Oct. 1925): 638-644.
O’Quinlivan, Michael and Benjamin F. Speller, Jr. “An Index to Obituary Sketches in the Journal of Negro History, 1926-1958,” The Journal of Negro History, 57/4 (Oct. 1972): 447-454.
Thornell, Paul N. D. “The Absent Ones and the Providers: A Biography of the Vashons,” The Journal of Negro History, 83/4 (Autumn 1998): 284-301.
Vincent, Charles. “Aspects of the Family and Public Life of Antoine Dubuclet: Louisiana’s Black State Treasurer, 1868-1878,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/1 (Spring 1981): 26-36.
Sumler-Lewis, Janice. “The Forten-Purvis Women of Philadelphia and the American Anti-Slavery Crusade,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/4 (Winter 1981-1982): 281-288.
The Black Family – Genealogy Documents and Other Primary Sources
Pleasants, Robert. “The Will of Robert Pleasants,” The Journal of Negro History, 2/4 (Oct. 1917): 429-430.
Scott, Emmett J. “More Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916-1918,” The Journal of Negro History, 4/4 (Oct. 1919): 412-465.
Cuffe, Paul. “The Will of Paul Cuffe,” The Journal of Negro History, 8/2 (Apr. 1923): 230-232.
Brown, Caesar et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 1],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 62-87.
Hackley, Richard et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 2],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 87-112.
Thompson, John et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 3],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 112-136.
Hill, John H. et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 4],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 136-160.
Page, Thomas F. et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 5],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 160-185.
Nell, William C. et. al. “Letters of Negroes, Largely Personal and Private [Part 6],” The Journal of Negro History, 11/1 (Jan. 1926): 186-214.
Bonga, George. “Letters of George Bonga,” The Journal of Negro History, 12/1 (Jan. 1927): 41-54.
Claiborne, Wm. Dan., et. al. “Manumission Petitions Presented to the Virginia Legislature,” The Journal of Negro History, 13/1 (Jan. 1928): 87-101.
Updike, John et. al. “Manumission Papers of Free People of Color of Petersburg, Virginia, Deeds of Emancipation of Negroes Freeing Negroes,” The Journal of Negro History, 13/4 (Oct. 1928): 534-538.
Warren, Jesse et. al. “Wills and Other Papers of North Carolina,” The Journal of Negro History, 16/3 (Jul. 1931): 328-337.
Miller, M. Sammye. “Last Will and Testament of Robert Reed Church, Senior (1839-1912),” The Journal of Negro History, 65/2 (Spring 1980): 156-157.
Church, R. R., L. M. Neely and George G. Alban. “Last Will and Testament of R. R. Church,” The Journal of Negro History, 65/2 (Spring 1980): 158-163.
Campbell, Randolph B. and Donald K. Pickens. “‘My Dear Husband’: A Texas Slave’s Love Letter, 1862,” The Journal of Negro History, 65/4 (Autumn 1980): 361-364.
Winston, Michael R. et. al. “The Quest for Freedom: Selected Documents Illustrative of Some Aspects of the Life of Blacks between 1774 and 1841,” The Journal of Negro History, 61/1 (Jan. 1976): 88-97.
The Black Family – Surviving Slavery
McDougle, Ivan E. “The Social Status of the Slave,” The Journal of Negro History, 3/3 (Jul. 1918): 281-302.
Hunter, Frances L. “Slave Society on the Southern Plantation,” The Journal of Negro History,7/1 (Jan. 1922): 1-10.
Pitman, Frank Wesley. “The Breeding and Vitality of Eighteenth Century Slaves in the British West Indies,” The Journal of Negro History, 11/4 (Oct. 1926): 629-649.
Jackson, Luther P. “Manumission in Certain Virginia Cities,” The Journal of Negro History, 15/3 (Jul. 1930): 278-314.
Wiliams, Mary Wilhelmine. “The Treatment of Negro Slaves in the Brazilian Empire: A Comparison with the United States of America,” The Journal of Negro History, 15/3 (Jul. 1930): 315-336
Cade, John B. “Out of the Mouths of Ex-Slaves,” The Journal of Negro History, 20/3 (Jul. 1935): 294-337.
Parkhurst, Jessie W. “The Role of the Black Mammy in the Plantation Household,” The Journal of Negro History, 23/3 (Jul. 1938): 349-369.
Olson, Edwin. “Social Aspects of Slave Life in New York,” The Journal of Negro History, 26/1 (Jan. 1941): 66-77.
Yoshpe, Harry B. “Record of Slave Manumissions in New York During the Colonial and Early National Periods,” The Journal of Negro History, 26/1 (Jan. 1941): 78-107.
Matison, Sumner Eliot. “Manumission by Purchase,” The Journal of Negro History, 33/2 (Apr. 1948): 146-167.
Graham, Pearl M. “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings,” The Journal of Negro History, 46/2 (Apr. 1961): 89-103.
Graham, Pearl M. “Correction: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings,” The Journal of Negro History, 46/3 (Apr. 1961): 206.
Lerner, Gerda. “The Grimke Sisters and the Struggle Against Race Prejudice,” The Journal of Negro History, 48/4 (Oct. 1963): 277-291.
Wilson, Mary Tolford. “Peaceful Integration: The Owner’s Adoption of his Slaves’ Food,” The Journal of Negro History, 49/2 (Apr. 1964): 116-127.
Schweninger, Loren. “A Slave Family in the Ante-Bellum South,” The Journal of Negro History, 60/1 (Jan. 1975): 29-44.
Meaders, Daniel E. “South Carolina Fugitives as Viewed through Local Colonial Newspapers with Emphasis on Runaway Notices, 1732-1801,” The Journal of Negro History, 60/2 (Apr. 1975): 288-319.
Winston, Michael R. et. al. “The Quest for Freedom: Selected Documents Illustrative of Some Aspects of the Life of Blacks between 1774 and 1841,” The Journal of Negro History, 61/1 (Jan. 1976): 88-97.
Windley, Lathan A. and Thomas Jefferson. “Runaway Slave Advertisements of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson,” The Journal of Negro History, 63/4 (Oct. 1978): 373-374.
Wagman, Morton. “Corporate Slavery in New Netherland,” The Journal of Negro History, 65/1 (Winter 1980): 34-42.
Robinson, Henry S. “Who Was West Ford?” The Journal of Negro History, 66/2 (Summer 1981): 167-174.
Pollard, Leslie J. “Aging and Slavery: A Gerontological Perspective,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/3 (Autumn 1981): 228-234.
Rivers, Larry E. “Slavery in Microcosm: Leon County, Florida, 1824 to 1860,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/3 (Autumn 1981): 235-245.
Sumler-Lewis, Janice. “The Forten-Purvis Women of Philadelphia and the American Anti-Slavery Crusade,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/4 (Winter 1981-1982): 281-288.
Howard, Victor B. “The Civil War in Kentucky: The Slave Claims His Freedom,” The Journal of Negro History, 67/3 (Autumn 1982): 245-256.
Walker, Juliet E. K. “Pioneer Slave Entrepreneurship – Patterns, Processes, and Perspectives: The Case of the Slave Free Frank on the Kentucky Pennyroyal, 1795-1819,” The Journal of Negro History, 68/3 (Summer 1983): 289-308.
Middleton, Stephen. “The Fugitive Slave Crisis in Cincinnati, 1850-1860: Resistance, Enforcement, and Black Refugees,” The Journal of Negro History, 72, 1/2 (Winter -Spring 1987): 20-32.
The Black Family – Free Families during the Era of Slavery
Jackson, Luther P. “Free Negroes of Petersburg, Virginia,” The Journal of Negro History, 12/3 (Jul. 1927): 365-388.
Fitchett, E. Horace. “The Traditions of the Free Negro in Charleston, South Carolina,” The Journal of Negro History, 25/2 (Apr. 1940): 139-152.
Fitchett, E. Horace. “The Origin and Growth of the Free Negro Population of Charleston, South Carolina,” The Journal of Negro History, 26/4 (Oct. 1941): 421-437.
Fitchett, E. Horace. “The Status of the Free Negro in Charleston, South Carolina, and His Descendants in Modern Society: Statement of the Problem,” The Journal of Negro History, 32/4 (Oct. 1947): 430-451.
Muir, Andrew Forest. “The Free Negro in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas,” The Journal of Negro History, 35/2 (Apr. 1950): 183-206.
Perlman, Daniel. “Organizations of the Free Negro in New York City, 1800-1860,” The Journal of Negro History, 56/3 (Jul. 1971): 181-197.
Littlefield, Jr., Daniel F. and Mary Ann Littlefield. “The Beams Family: Free Blacks in Indian Territory,” The Journal of Negro History, 61/1 (Jan. 1976): 16-35.
Schweninger, Loren and John H. Rapier. “The Dilemma of a Free Negro in the Ante-Bellum South,” The Journal of Negro History, 62/3 (Jul. 1977): 283-288.
The Black Family during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Billington, Ray Allen. “A Social Experiment: The Port Royal Journal of Charlotte L. Forten, 1862-1863,” The Journal of Negro History, 35/3 (Jul. 1950): 233-264.
Cornish, Dudley Taylor. “The Union Army as a School for Negroes,” The Journal of Negro History, 37/4 (Oct. 1952): 368-382.
Bacote, Clarence A. “William Finch, Negro Councilman and Political Activities in Atlanta During Early Reconstruction,” The Journal of Negro History, 40/4 (Oct. 1955): 341-364.
Hoffman, Edwin D. “From Slavery to Self-Reliance: The Record of Achievement of the Freedmen of the Sea Island Region,” The Journal of Negro History, 41/1 (Jan. 1956): 8-42.
Pease, William H. “Three Years among the Freedmen: William C. Gannett and the Port Royal Experiment,” The Journal of African History, 42/2 (Apr. 1957): 98-117.
Hamilton, Kenneth M. “White Wealth and Black Repression in Harrison County, Texas: 1865-1868,” The Journal of Negro History, 84/4 (Autumn 1999): 340-359.
The Black Family (as a Result of) Migrations and Emigrations
Scott, Emmett J. “More Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916-1918,” The Journal of Negro History, 4/4 (Oct. 1919): 412-465.
Donald, Henderson H. “The Effects of the Migration upon the Migrants Themselves,” The Journal of Negro History, 6/4 (Oct. 1921): 445-457.
Robinson, Jr., George F. “The Negro in Politics in Chicago,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/2 (Apr. 1932): 180-229.
Hill, Mozell C. “The All-Negro Communities of Oklahoma: The Natural History of a Social Movement: Part I,” The Journal of Negro History, 31/3 (Jul. 1946): 254-268.
Garvin, Roy. “Benjamin, or ‘Pap,’ Singleton and His Followers,” The Journal of Negro History, 33/1 (Jan. 1948): 7-23.
Bell, Howard H. “Negro Nationalism: A Factor in Emigration Projects, 1858-1861,” The Journal of Negro History, 47/1 (Jan. 1962): 42-53.
Lapp, Rudolph M. “The Negro in Gold Rush California,” The Journal of Negro History, 49/2 (Apr. 1964): 81-98.
Smith, T. Lynn. “The Redistribution of the Negro Population of the United States, 1910-1960,” The Journal of Negro History, 51/3 (Jul. 1966): 155-173.
Tuttle, Jr., William M. “Contested Neighborhoods and Racial Violence: Prelude to the Chicago Riot of 1919,” The Journal of Negro History, 55/4 (Oct. 1970): 266-288.
Butler, Jon. “Communities and Congregations: The Black Church in St. Paul, 1860-1900,” The Journal of Negro History, 56/2 (Apr. 1971): 118-134.
Betten, Neil and Raymond A. Mohl. “The Evolution of Racism in an Industrial City, 1906-1940: A Case Study of Gary, Indiana,” The Journal of Negro History, 59/1 (Jan. 1974): 51-64.
Homel, Michael W. “The Lilydale School Campaign of 1936: Direct Action in the Verbal Protest Era,” The Journal of Negro History, 59/3 (Jul. 1974): 228-241.
Peterson, Joyce Shaw. “Black Automobile Workers in Detroit, 1910-1930,” The Journal of Negro History, 64/3 (Summer 1979): 177-190.
Taylor, Quintard. “The Emergence of Black Communities in the Pacific Northwest: 1865-1910,” The Journal of Negro History, 64/4 (Autumn 1979): 342-354.
Ryon, Roderick N. “An Ambiguous Legacy: Baltimore Blacks and the CIO, 1936-1941,” The Journal of Negro History, 65/1 (Winter 1980): 18-33.
Hill, James L. “Migration of Blacks to Iowa, 1820-1960,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/4 (Winter 1981-1982): 289-303.
Beran, Janice A. “Diamonds in Iowa: Blacks, Buxton, and Baseball,” The Journal of Negro History, 75, 3/4 (Summer-Autumn 1990): 81-95.
McMillen, Christian. “Border State Terror and the Genesis of the African-American Community in Deer Lodge and Choteau Counties, Montana, 1870-1890,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/2 (Spring 1994): 212-247.
Taylor, Quintard. “The Civil Rights Movement in the American West: Black Protest in Seattle, 1960-1970,” The Journal of Negro History, 80/1 (Winter 1995): 1-14.
Geib, Paul. “From Mississippi to Milwaukee: A Case Study of the Southern Black Migration to Milwaukee, 1940-1970,” The Journal of Negro History, 83/4 (Autumn 1998): 229-248.
The Black Family – Relations between “Negroes and Indians”
Johnston, J. H. “Documentary Evidence of the Relations of Negroes and Indians,” The Journal of Negro History, 14/1 (Jan. 1929): 21-43.
Porter, Kenneth W. “Association as Fellow Slaves,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/3 (Jul. 1932): 294-297.
Porter, Kenneth W. “Contacts as Allies,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/3 (Jul. 1932): 307- 320.
Porter, Kenneth W. “Relations in the South,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/3 (Jul. 1932): 321-350.
Porter, Kenneth W. “After the Removal to the West,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/3 (Jul. 1932): 351-358.
Porter, Kenneth W. “Contacts in Other Parts,” The Journal of Negro History, 17/3 (Jul. 1932): 359-367.
Jeltz, Wyatt F. “The Relations of Negroes and Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians,” The Journal of Negro History, 33/1 (Jan. 1948): 24-37.
Porter, Kenneth Wiggins. “Negroes and the Seminole War, 1817-1818,” The Journal of Negro History, 36/3 (Jul. 1951): 249-280.
Littlefield, Jr., Daniel F. and Mary Ann Littlefield. “The Beams Family: Free Blacks in Indian Territory,” The Journal of Negro History, 61/1 (Jan. 1976): 16-35.
Vincent, Theodore G. “The Contributions of Mexico’s First Black Indian President, Vincente Guerrero,” The Journal of Negro History, 86/2 (Spring 2001): 148-159.
The Black Family – Africa, African Retentions, and the African Diaspora
Nyabongo, Prince. “African Life and Ideals,” The Journal of Negro History, 26/3 (Jul. 1941): 279-298.
Wieschhoff, H. A. “Divorce Laws and Practices in Modern Ibo Culture,” The Journal of Negro History, 26/3 (Jul. 1941): 299-324.
Harris, J. S. “Some Aspects of Slavery in Southeastern Nigeria,” The Journal of Negro History, 27/1 (Jan. 1942): 37-54.
Beltran, G. Aguirre. “Historical Background,” The Journal of Negro History, 31/3 (Jul. 1946): 269-289.
Beltran, G. Aguirre. “The Rivers of Guinea,” The Journal of Negro History, 31/3 (Jul. 1946): 290-316.
Beltran, G. Aguirre. “San Thome,” The Journal of Negro History, 31/3 (Jul. 1946): 317-352.
Rodney, Walter. “Upper Guinea and the Significance of the Origins of Africans Enslaved in the New World,” The Journal of Negro History, 54/4 (Oct. 1969): 327-345.
Watson, R. L. “American Scholars and the Continuity of African Culture in the United States,” The Journal of Negro History, 63/4 (Oct. 1978): 375-386.
The Black Family – Women’s Agency
Woodson, C. G. “The Negro Washerwoman, A Vanishing Figure,” The Journal of Negro History, 15/3 (Jul. 1930): 269-277.
Lerner, Gerda. “Early Community Work of Black Club Women,” The Journal of Negro History, 59/2 (Apr. 1974): 158-167.
Newman, Debra L. “Black Women in the Era of the American Revolution in Pennsylvania,” The Journal of Negro History, 61/3 (Jul. 1976): 276-289.
Sumler-Lewis, Janice. “The Forten-Purvis Women of Philadelphia and the American Anti-Slavery Crusade,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/4 (Winter 1981-1982): 281-288.
Rouse, Jacqueline A. “The Legacy of Community Organizing: Lugenia Burns Hope and the Neighborhood Union,” The Journal of Negro History, 69, 3/4 (Summer – Autumn 1984): 114-133.
Littlefield, Valinda W. “A Yearly Contract with Everybody and His Brother: Durham County, North Carolina Black Female Public School Teachers, 1885-1927,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/1 (Winter 1994): 37-53.
The Black Family – Negro Life and History in the Southern States
Jackson, Luther P. “The Early Strivings of the Negro in Virginia,” The Journal of Negro History, 25/1 (Jan. 1940): 25-34.
Bacote, Clarence A. “Some Aspects of Negro Life in Georgia, 1880-1908,” The Journal of Negro History, 43/3 (Jul. 1958): 186-213.
Sheeler, J. Reuben. “The Negro on the Virginia Frontier,” The Journal of Negro History, 43/4 (Oct. 1958): 279-297.
Hoffman, Edwin D. “The Genesis of the Modern Movement for Equal Rights in South Carolina, 1930-1939,” The Journal of Negro History, 44/4 (Oct. 1959): 346-369.
Bonekemper, III, Edward H. “Negro Ownership of Real Property in Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1860-1870,” The Journal of Negro History, 55/3 (Jul. 1970): 165-181.
Jones, Allen W. “The Role of Tuskegee Institute in the Education of Black Farmers,” The Journal of Negro History, 60/2 (Apr. 1975): 252-267.
Davis, Ronald L. F. “The U.S. Army and the Origins of Sharecropping in the Natchez District – A Case Study,” The Journal of Negro History, 62/1 (Jan. 1977): 60-80.
Greene, Lorenzo J. “Economic Conditions among Negroes in the South, 1930, as Seen by an Associate of Dr. Carter G. Woodson,” The Journal of Negro History, 64/3 (Summer 1979): 265-273.
Gordon, Lawrence. “A Brief Look at Blacks in Depression Mississippi, 1929-1934: Eyewitness Accounts,” The Journal of Negro History, 64/4 (Autumn 1979): 377-390.
Hemmingway, Theodore. “Prelude to Change: Black Carolinians in the War Years, 1914-1920,” The Journal of Negro History, 65/3 (Summer): 212-227.
Jackson, Roswell F. and Rosalyn M. Patterson. “A Brief History of Selected Black Churches in Atlanta, Georgia,” The Journal of Negro History, 74, 1/4 (Winter-Autumn): 31-52.
Howard, Walter T. and Virginia M. Howard. “Family, Religion, and Education: A Profile of African-American Life in Tampa, Florida, 1900-1930,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/1 (Winter 1994): 1-17.
Littlefield, Valinda W. “A Yearly Contract with Everybody and His Brother: Durham County, North Carolina Black Female Public School Teachers, 1885-1927,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/1 (Winter 1994): 37-53.
Tristano, Richard M. “Holy Family Parish: The Genesis of an African-American Catholic Community in Natchez, Mississippi,” The Journal of Negro History, 83/4 (Autumn 1998): 258-283.
Wilson, Carolyn. “The Displacement of Cotton Workers in Sumter County, South Carolina, 1930-1960,” The Journal of Negro History, 85/3 (Summer 2000): 191-196.
The Black Family – General Articles
Woodson, Carter G. “The Beginnings of the Miscegenation of the Whites and Blacks,” The Journal of Negro History, 3/4 (Oct. 1918): 335-353.
Kaplan, Sidney. “The Miscegenation Issue in the Election of 1864,” The Journal of Negro History, 34/3 (Jul. 1949): 274-343.
Pease, William H. and Jane H. Pease. “Organized Negro Communities: A North American Experiment,” The Journal of Negro History, 47/1 (Jan. 1962): 19-34.
Johnson, Whittington B. “The Vinson Court and Racial Segregation, 1946-1953,” The Journal of Negro History, 63/3 (Jul. 1978): 220-230.
Frey, Cecile P. “The House of Refuge for Colored Children,” The Journal of Negro History, 66/1 (Spring 1981): 10-25.
Pryde, Marion J. “My Personal and Family Reminiscences of Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson,” The Journal of Negro History, 76, 1/4 (Winter-Autumn): 101-105.
Sprague, Stuart Seely. “More African Americans Speak: The New Mother Lode,” The Journal of Negro History, 78/4 (Autumn 1993): 258-265.
Hart, Jamie. “Who Should Have the Children? Discussions of Birth Control among African-American Intellectuals, 1920-1939,” The Journal of Negro History, 79/1 (Winter 1994): 71-84.
Cash, Floris Barnett. “Kinship and Quilting: An Examination of an African-American Tradition,” The Journal of Negro History, 80/1 (Winter 1995): 30-41.
Gupta, Gunja San. “Black and ‘Dangerous’?: African American Working Poor Perspectives on Juvenile Reform and Welfare in Victorian New York, 1840-1890,” The Journal of Negro History, 86/2 (Spring 2001): 99-131.
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