The Long Island Black Collection Resources

Produced by Dedrick Johnson & Lloyd Means

2014

Source: Brooklyn Public Library

Black America Series: African Americans of Eastern Long Island by Jerry Komia Domatob, Ph.D.

Black America Series: African Americans of Western Long by Jerry Komia Domatob, Ph.D.

Images of America: Civil Rights on Long Island by Christopher C. Verga

A Struggle for Heritage: Archaeology and Civil Rights in a Long Island Community by Christopher N. Matthews

The New Noir: Race, Identity, and Diaspora in Black Suburbia by Orly Clerge

BLACK SUBURBIA: FROM LEVITOWN TO FERGUSON AN EXHIBITION AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE

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Issued by the Young Men's Christian Association Nassau and Suffolk Counties {Y.M.C.A.} which was located in Mineola, NY, Our Colored Folks in Nassau and Suffolk Counties Long Island, NY: A Study of the Conditions of the Colored Population in Twenty Communities and An Inventory of Resources of Work with Them written by Columbia University Social Work candidate and Fellow of the National Urban League, R. Maurice Ross ~ 1919

An oil painting on wood, by John Abeel Weekes, of former slave Caesar Foster, born in 1795, from the collection of Raynham Hall Museum. 

The discovery was enlightening. “I feel as though a veil has been lifted. Invisible people have become visible.” ~ Claire Bellerjeau, Historian 

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Documents Confirm Presence of African Americans in Colonial Oyster Bay by Laura Lance ~ Article 

1. Lafayette Afro Rock Band ~ Hihache ~ 1975

2. Eric B. & Rakim ~ I Know You Got Soul ~ 1987

3. Leaders of the New School ~ Sobb Story ~ 1991

4. EPMD ~ Crossover ~ 1992

5. Keith Murray ~ The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World ~ 1994

6. A+ ~ All I See ~ 1996

7. Ashanti ~ Rock Wit U ~ 2003

8. Chrisette Michelle ~ If I Had My Way ~ 2007

9. De La Soul ~ Memory of... ~ 2016

10. MF Doom ~ First Day of Class ~ 2019

11. Biz Markie ~ Nobody Beats the Biz ~ 1988

12. JVC Force ~ Strong Island ~ 1988

13. Jaeo Draftpick ~ Counted Me Out ~ 2020

14. Public Enemy ~ Rebel Without a Pause ~ 1988

15. Ashanti ~ Happy ~ 2002