Research Catalog
"Your History" Column collection
- Title
- "Your History" Column collection, 1958-1961.
- Author
- Rogers, J. A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 717 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Milai, A. Samuel.
- Description
- 4 folders
- Summary
- The J.A. Rogers "Your History" column collection consists of approximately 120 weekly columns he wrote for the "Pittsburgh Courier." The column included both thematic subjects and biographical sketches of blacks worldwide from ancient to contemporary times. The illustrations, which formed an integral part of the column, were done by A. Samuel Milai. The collection dates are 1958-1961, however not all of the columns are included in this collection.
- Subjects
- Journalism > United States > 20th century
- American fiction > African American authors
- Clippings
- American newspapers > Sections, columns, etc > Front pages
- Journalist
- African American journalists > United States
- Rogers, J. A (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966
- African Americans in mass media
- African Americans > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Journalist.
- Clippings.
- Note
- The columns were apparently gathered and pasted onto 8.5 x 14 sheets by George Westerman, editor of the "Panama Tribune."
- Collection separated from the George Westerman Papers.
- Also on microfilm: Sc Micro R 3639 no. 22 and Sc Micro R 3653 no. 12.
- Source (note)
- George Westerman Papers
- Biography (note)
- J. A. Rogers, born Joel Augustus Rogers in Jamaica, was a journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction works. He immigrated to the United States in 1906. A self-educated man, Rogers authored numerous books and articles on race subjects. Among his non-fiction works are "World's Greatest Men and Women of African Descent" (1935), "100 Amazing Facts about the Negro" (1934), "The Real Facts about Ethiopia" (1936), and "World's Great Men of Color" (1947). He is probably best known for "Sex and Race" (1941) and "The Five Negro Presidents" (1965). In addition he wrote columns for several black newspapers including "Impressions of Europe" and "Jazz at Home," and for the Pittsburgh Courier, an illustrated feature entitled "Your History." He also wrote two novels "From "Superman" to Man" and "She Walks in Beauty."
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 717
- OCLC
- NYPW03-A84
- Author
- Rogers, J. A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966.
- Title
- "Your History" Column collection, 1958-1961.
- Biography
- J. A. Rogers, born Joel Augustus Rogers in Jamaica, was a journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction works. He immigrated to the United States in 1906. A self-educated man, Rogers authored numerous books and articles on race subjects. Among his non-fiction works are "World's Greatest Men and Women of African Descent" (1935), "100 Amazing Facts about the Negro" (1934), "The Real Facts about Ethiopia" (1936), and "World's Great Men of Color" (1947). He is probably best known for "Sex and Race" (1941) and "The Five Negro Presidents" (1965). In addition he wrote columns for several black newspapers including "Impressions of Europe" and "Jazz at Home," and for the Pittsburgh Courier, an illustrated feature entitled "Your History." He also wrote two novels "From "Superman" to Man" and "She Walks in Beauty."
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- Added Author
- Milai, A. Samuel. Illustrator
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 717