Media and Videos

“The Great Migration and Asbury Park: A Mini-documentary by Erin Fleming and Monmouth University’s Production Services”  “Keep the Culture, Save the Fate: A Short Film by London Jones”  Paradoxical Paradise Origin Story Discussion with Community  Eyes on the Jersey Shore 94.3 The Point, Dr. Williams discusses African American history on the Jersey Shore Public HistoryContinue reading “Media and Videos”

Podcasts

This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture African Americans in Asbury Park and the Impact of COVID-19: A Conversation with Felicia Simmons MARCH 15, 2021 BLACK AND AFRICAN DIASPORA FORUM UNITED (BADFU) SEASON 2 EPISODE 9 This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture African Americans in the History of Asbury Park and the Impact of COVID-19Continue reading “Podcasts”

Project Committee and Advisory Board

Project Director Hettie V. Williams, Ph.D. Hettie Williams has taught survey courses in U.S. history, Western Civilization, and upper division courses on the history of African Americans at the university level for nearly twenty years. Her teaching and research interests include: African American intellectual history, gender in U.S. history, and race/ethnicity studies. Currently, she isContinue reading “Project Committee and Advisory Board”

Oral History

What is oral history? In Doing Oral History, the venerable Donald Ritchie explains that oral history collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews. An oral history interview generally consists of a well-prepared interviewer questioning an interviewee, or “narrator,” and recording the exchange in audio or video format. Recording for posterity isContinue reading “Oral History”

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African Americans in Asbury Park This multiyear initiative seeks to explore the largely untold experiences of African Americans in Asbury Park, New Jersey from the founding of the city in the 1870s to the present. Asbury Park is well-known as a site of urban rebellion, but it has also been a pivotal center of blackContinue reading “About”