The Long Island Black Collection Resources

Archiving Black Lives on Long Island

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New York Cuban Giants - Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame

New York Cuban Giants Induction Year: 2019 Category: Baseball Location: Babylon The Cuban Giants were the first African-American professiona

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The Cuban Giants (1885-1915) •

The Cuban Giants were the first African American professional baseball club. The Giants were formed in 1885 at the Argyle Hotel, a summer re

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SPINNEY HILL: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OF MANHASSET & GREAT NECK

Produced by Dedrick Johnson & Lloyd Means

2014

//YouTube

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Southampton African American Museum

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Artists Rally to Preserve Black History in Sag Harbor

A pop-up exhibition is helping a historical society conserve its archive of the Black experience in beach communities facing increased gentr

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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ~ May 14, 1934

Source: Brooklyn Public Library

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Long Island History Journal

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The Home of News and Media for Black Long Islander's

The purpose of Black Long Island is to connect black people across Long Island personally, politically, educationally and ECONOMICALLY! We

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BLACK AMERICANS ON LONG ISLAND ~ A READING LIST (Please also support your local library when adding these books to your reading list)

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

Sag Harbor by Colston Whitehead

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Here and Now on November 15, 2015: Black Suburbia - From Levitown to Ferguson

Here and Now: Part 4

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

EXPLORE MORE:

New Suburban Studies Exhibit Explores Black Suburbia ~ Article

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OUR COLORED FOLKS OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES

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

Credit: Stony Brook University, Special Collections & University Archives, Long Island Collections: Digitized Documents & Books

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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 

EXPLORE MORE: 

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

Learning About Slavery in Oyster Bay at the Raynham Hall Museum ~ Website 

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DEFINING MOMENTS: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD ~ Directed by Alan Ginsberg ~ 2019

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STRONG ISLAND ~ Directed by Yance Ford ~ 2017 

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MY BLOCK: STRONG ISLAND PART 2 ~ Directed by Jordan Crafton ~ 2008 

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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

16. Eric B. & Rakim ~ Know the Ledge ~ 1992