African Americans make up more than a third of Atlantic City, New Jersey's population. Sarah Spencer Washington was a successful businesswoman and community leader. [1] James Leroy Usry was the city's first Black mayor. Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. [2] Richlyn Faye Goddard wrote about the community [2] and carried out oral history interviews. [3]
African Americans came to Atlantic City in substantial numbers during the Great Migration. They were relegated to the city's north side. [4]
Publications included Black Atlantic City Magazine from 1979 to 1986. It was renamed Black New Jersey Magazine in 1987 and was published until 1990. [2] The Atlantic Advocate was a newspaper ca. 1915 edited and published by James A. Garfield Lightfoot, a lawyer. [5] Its address was documented as 40 North Indiana Avenue. [6] Lightfoor's law partner was Isaac Henry Nutter. [5] Nutter and Lightfoot were graduates of Howard University. [5]
After 1900, Black beachgoers were limited to Missouri Avenue Beach. The New Jersey State Library posted a video about the beach on YouTube. [7]
C. Morris Cain was active in the community. [4] The six-story Liberty Hotel on Baltic Avenue served Black customers after segregation was imposed during the Jim Crow era. [4] Dick Austin, an immigrant from the West Indies, owned Dick Austin's Rose Garden and homes he rented to vacationing tourists. [4] Club Harlem was a thriving entertainment venue. [4]
The Works Project Administration conducted studies and published on "Negro" life in New Jersey including a "History of the Negro Church in New Jersey". The Organization of Teachers of Colored Children in the State of New Jersey met in Atlantic City. [2]
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is in Atlantic City.
- ^ "Online Exhibits". www.atlanticcityexperience.org.
- ^ a b c d "The Atlantic City Free Public Library - African American History in Atlantic City". www.acfpl.org.
- ^ "The Atlantic City Free Public Library - Dr. Richlyn Goddard "Northside History" Oral History Project". acfpl.org.
- ^ a b c d e "Atlantic City's Northside". Google Arts & Culture.
- ^ a b c Smith (Jr.), John Clay (September 16, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro". Sunday school union print. September 16, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach" – via www.youtube.com.
African Americans make up more than a third of Atlantic City, New Jersey's population. Sarah Spencer Washington was a successful businesswoman and community leader. [1] James Leroy Usry was the city's first Black mayor. Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. [2] Richlyn Faye Goddard wrote about the community [2] and carried out oral history interviews. [3]
African Americans came to Atlantic City in substantial numbers during the Great Migration. They were relegated to the city's north side. [4]
Publications included Black Atlantic City Magazine from 1979 to 1986. It was renamed Black New Jersey Magazine in 1987 and was published until 1990. [2] The Atlantic Advocate was a newspaper ca. 1915 edited and published by James A. Garfield Lightfoot, a lawyer. [5] Its address was documented as 40 North Indiana Avenue. [6] Lightfoor's law partner was Isaac Henry Nutter. [5] Nutter and Lightfoot were graduates of Howard University. [5]
After 1900, Black beachgoers were limited to Missouri Avenue Beach. The New Jersey State Library posted a video about the beach on YouTube. [7]
C. Morris Cain was active in the community. [4] The six-story Liberty Hotel on Baltic Avenue served Black customers after segregation was imposed during the Jim Crow era. [4] Dick Austin, an immigrant from the West Indies, owned Dick Austin's Rose Garden and homes he rented to vacationing tourists. [4] Club Harlem was a thriving entertainment venue. [4]
The Works Project Administration conducted studies and published on "Negro" life in New Jersey including a "History of the Negro Church in New Jersey". The Organization of Teachers of Colored Children in the State of New Jersey met in Atlantic City. [2]
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is in Atlantic City.
- ^ "Online Exhibits". www.atlanticcityexperience.org.
- ^ a b c d "The Atlantic City Free Public Library - African American History in Atlantic City". www.acfpl.org.
- ^ "The Atlantic City Free Public Library - Dr. Richlyn Goddard "Northside History" Oral History Project". acfpl.org.
- ^ a b c d e "Atlantic City's Northside". Google Arts & Culture.
- ^ a b c Smith (Jr.), John Clay (September 16, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro". Sunday school union print. September 16, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach" – via www.youtube.com.