I want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city designates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumptions. They were born free at a time when slavery was still legal in new york state. They lived in racialtymixed neighborhoods, first in Lower Manhattan and then after the civil war in brooklyn at a time when harlem was a mere village. They were part of new yorks small but Signific
Black gotham Carla Peterson recounts the lives of black elites in new york city in the 19th century. Professor peterson examines a community of black new read more . Recounts the lives of africanamerican elites in new ork. This is about an hour, ten minutes. Um, i want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. Write the book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city esignates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumption
When we met. Riod i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. We have talked about the economic and the political aspects of the Great Depression. But what i want to do today is to show that the Great Depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and go beyond just the stock market crash and the economic woes. And i am going to try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of American Culture in the 1930s. How does it affect the family . And again, probably you do, and i do sometimes, think the family is just static throughout history. It never changes. But if you stop and think about it, even in American History, the nature of the family is going to change. And it is going to change rather dramatically in the 1930s. The role that religion plays in American History is going to vary from decade to decade. From different era to different era. And there is a Surprising Development in religion during the 1930s, which
University professor kroll abrams teaches a class on American Culture during the Great Depression. He describes changes to family life the role of religion and the rise of hollywood films. He also talks about new deal programs such as the civilian conservation corps and Social Security. This class is about 50 minutes. Prof. Abrams we have talked about big events in our survey of history, and they are obviously important. We have started our one in our last class, i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. We have talked about the economic and political aspects of the Great Depression. But what i want to do today is to show that the Great Depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and the stock market crash. I will try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of American Culture in the 1930s. How does it affect the family . And again probably you and i think the family is just static throughout history. Never
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