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Portsmouth, Virginia
Contributor(s): Newby-Alexander Ph. D., Cassandra (Author), Breckenridge-Haywood, Mae (Author), African American Historical Society of P (Author)
ISBN: 0738515817     ISBN-13: 9780738515816
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2003
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Primary Coverage Area: Portsmouth Area, Norfolk, Chesapeake
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
Series: Black America
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.96" W x 9.1" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Topical - Black History
 
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Publisher Description:

Whether assisting escapes through the Underground Railroad, forming banks, publishing a newspaper, or providing recreational facilities, Portsmouth's African Americans created one of the most stable middle-class black communities in America.


African Americans in Portsmouth built a strong, insulated community because they were cognizant of the need to look inward. Early 20th-century leaders such as Dr. William Reid, Nancy T. Wheeler, and the Reverend Harvey N. Johnson Sr. were civic models and guiding forces for a community emerging from the ravages of slavery, and enduring the hardships of segregation.

Black America: Portsmouth, Virginia captures the world of an ever-changing community and a people who persevered, no matter the odds.

Contributor Bio(s): Newby-Alexander Ph. D., Cassandra: - Cassandra Newby-Alexander, a Norfolk native and historian; Mae Breckenridge-Haywood, a Portsmouth native and retired librarian; and the African American Historical Society of Portsmouth, have culled photographs from a variety of collections and coupled them with an informative text to tell this remarkable story.