Resources

Selected References

Historical Newspapers

Baltimore Afro-American

The Chicago Defender

The New York Amsterdam News

Providence Journal

Atlanta Daily World

Pittsburgh Courier

New York Times

(Courtesy of Brown University and Columbia University Libraries)

Books

Bannister, E.D. (1992). Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1828-1901. New York: Kenkeleba

House.

 

Cottroll, R.J. (1978). Black Providence, 1800-1860: A Community’s Formation. New

Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.

 

Hill, E. G. and Hatch J.V. (2006). A History of African American Theatre. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

 

Kaplan, L. and Petteruti, R.E. (1992). Who’s Who in Rhode Island Jazz, 1925- 1988.

West Greenwhich, RI: Consortium Publishers).

 

Lee, M.D. (2013). Sissieretta Jones: “The Greatest Singer Of Her Race, 1868-1933.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.

Sales, G. (1984). Jazz: America’s Classical Music, Englewood-Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

 

Sampson, H.T. (1980). Blacks in Blackface: A Source Book on Early Black Musical

Shows, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.

Relevant Links

“About Lincoln School”. Lincoln School Providence. <http://www.lincolnschool.org/page.cfm?p=3888>

“About Us”. Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Historical Archive. <http://www.ripopmusic.org/about/>

Bellaire, Rick. “Tavares/Chubby & The Turnpikes”. Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Historical Archive. 2014. <http://www.ripopmusic.org/musical-artists/musicians/tavaresturnpikes/>

“Roger Williams Middle School”. Providence Schools. <http://www.edline.net/pages/Roger_Williams_Middle_School/News/Webelieve_that_our_students_ca>

“Founder and President”. SPIA Media Productions. <http://spiamedia.com/founder-president/>

 

Transatlantic Legacy: Full Circle. Program. Oct. 2015. <https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/sites/brown.edu.initiatives.slavery-and-justice/files/uploads/Translatlantic%20Legacy%20Exhibit%20%2B%20Program%20Brochure.compressed_0.pdf>

clayosbornefoundation.org

rihs.org

riverwalkjazz.org

John Hudgins Papers, 1927-1988, at Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library: http://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/hudgins1029/

George S. Schuyler Papers at Syracuse University http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/schuyler_gs.htm

http://www.novascotia.ca/cch/investing/artsns-funding/portia-white/

Black Cultural Center for Nova Scotia: http://www.bccns.com

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/

 

Videos of Selected Artists

Johnny Hudgins Performing in a 1927 Silent Film: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/feet-fun-and-fancy

 

Clay Osborne at the Providence Performing Arts Center’s 1998 Benefit Concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wL0I8SXwkY

 

Sarah Vaughn Singing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” in 1965 in Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9mxA9B0OQ

 

Valaida Snow Singing “Patience and Fortitude” with The Ali Baba Trio in 1946: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqZAv3slNM

 

Portia White Honored on CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NS/ID/2202964668/?page=13&sort=MostPopular

 

The Don Redman Orchestra in 1934: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO-l1kJnKyo

 

Charles “Cootie” Williams and Orchestra in New York in 1943: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnpcPFnHLUQ

 

Erroll Garner Plays “I Get A Kick Out of You”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VHUpGxFJJ8

 

Conversation with Amiri Baraka in 1998: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG60P2ECNk

 

“Tony Ramos”. NetWorks Rhode Island. Feb. 25 2010. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Zogowt6RE>

 

“Tony Ramos Artist Statement”. SPIA Media Productions. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oidqI1iJ9tI

 

Community Organizations Interested in Preserving African Diasporic Artistic Influence on Providence

 

Providence Preservation Society: http://www.ppsri.org

Rhode Island Historical Society: http://www.rihs.org

Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org

Rhode Island Black Heritage Society: http://www.ribhs.org

Rhode Island Black Storytellers: http://ribsfest.org/ribsfest/

 

To browse other digital mapping projects, see the following:

 

  1. Texas Slavery Project: This project maps the fluctuations in slave and slaveholding populations in Texas between 1820 and 1850: http://www.texasslaveryproject.org
  2. Mapping the Green Book: This project documents how African Americans navigated U.S. segregated space in the post-World War II period: http://mappingthegreenbook.tumblr.com/?og=1
  3. Rio de Janeiro Youth Mapping Project displays the deteriorating social and economic conditions of the five favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Local youth and community members actively participate in the mapping process: http://locast.mit.edu/unicef
  4. Radical Cartography illustrates how race, class, and space operate in Chicago: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots
  5. See the Spatial History Project at Stanford University’s Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis to view a variety of digitally mapping projects from different time periods, places, and themes: http://www.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/projects.php
  6. The Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761 provides a spatial narrative of this well known slave insurrection in order to shed light on the importance of geography in the unfolding of this historical event: http://revolt.axismaps.com
  7. Vaudeville PVD shows where under-researched vaudeville theatres of the early 20th century in Providence were located: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201122105050366928611.00047eb374d283ac8fb70&msa=0&dg=feature
  8. Swag Diplomacy maps the whereabouts of 200 African American autobiographers who wrote international travel memoirs in order to debunk misconceptions about black geographical immobility: http://viewshare.org/views/drevans/swag-diplomacy-black-travel-memoirs/
  9. MIT SLAB has several projects underway that map everyday, often invisible aspects of Ho Chi Minh City, such as a map of just the city’s sidewalks: http://slab.scripts.mit.edu/wp/
  10. The Living New Deal project provides a visual narrative of how the New Deal was literally mapped onto the American landscape through the creation of public works that are still in existence: http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu