The urgency of these days provides the context to learn about Greek Americans in connection to African Americans
Sources: Documentaries, novels, short stories, autobiography, biography, commentaries, book reviews, scholarship
• Mini-documentary, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziGTSRMQic&t=193s
• Dan Georgakas, "Black Metropolis," chapter in his book, My Detroit: Growing Up Greek and American in Motor City
Review by Nicholas Alexiou, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/475991/pdf
Review by Nicholas Alexiou, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/475991/pdf
• George Pelecanos, The Turnaround
For a review see, http://immigrations-ethnicities-racial.blogspot.com/2013/12/greek-americans-and-african-americans.html
For a review see, http://immigrations-ethnicities-racial.blogspot.com/2013/12/greek-americans-and-african-americans.html
• Harry Mark Petrakis, A Tale of Color
For commentary see, http://www.newdiaspora.com/a-tale-of-color/
For commentary see, http://www.newdiaspora.com/a-tale-of-color/
• Apollo Papafrangou, https://www.apollopapafrangou.net/category/african-american/
• Yiorgos Anagnostou, "Do the Right Thing: Identities as Citizenship in U.S. Orthodox Christianity and Greek America."
https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/articles/do-the-right-thing
https://ergon.scienzine.com/article/articles/do-the-right-thing
• George Lipsitz, Midnight at the Barrelhouse
The Johnny Otis Story
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/midnight-at-the-barrelhouse
The Johnny Otis Story
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/midnight-at-the-barrelhouse
• Athanasios Grammenos, https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_church/arthro/the_late_archbishop_iakovos_u_s_greece_relations-19342/
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• “The African American Civil Rights Movement and Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America,” Journal of Religion and Society 18 (2016): 1–19.
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• “The African American Civil Rights Movement and Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America,” Journal of Religion and Society 18 (2016): 1–19.
May 30, 2020