The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century

Drawing on the work of social scientists from geographic, historical, sociological, and political science perspectives, this volume offers new perspectives on the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada. It has been approximately four centuries since the first Africans set foot in North America, and although it is impossible for any text to capture the complete Black experience on the continent, the persistent legacy of Black inequality and the winds of dramatic change are inseparable parts of the current African Diaspora experience. In addition to comparing and contrasting the experiences and geographic patterns of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada, the book also explores important distinctions between the experiences of African Americans and those of more recent African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants.

Acknowledgments

SECTION 1: An Introduction

1. An Introduction to the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century
N. F. Henry, J. T. Darden, and J. W. Frazier

SECTION 2: Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada

2. The African Diaspora in Canada
J. T. Darden and C. Teixeira

3. The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax: A Comparative Overview of “the Entangled Burdens of Race, Class, and Space”
J. Mensah and D. Firang

4. The African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto
J. T. Darden

5. Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto
C. Teixeira

6 Race, Place, and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto
T. A. Jones

SECTION 3: Perspectives on the U.S. African Diaspora

7. A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States
N. Blyden and F. A. Akiwumi

Theme 1: Persistence of Inequalities

8. Austin: A City Divided
E. Skop

9. The African Diaspora in a Changing Metropolitan Region: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia
R. D. Bullard

10. Geographic Racial Equality in America’s Most Segregated Metropolitan Area—Detroit
J. T. Darden

11. Place, Race and Displacement Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
L. R. Rawlings

12. Black New York City Out-Migrants, 1995–2000: Opportunity and Destination Choice
J. W. Frazier and M. E. Harvey

Theme 2: Perspectives on Recent Black Immigrants

13. Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City and Miami-Dade County
T. D. Boswell and I. M. Sheskin

14. Jamaicans in Broward County, Florida
J. W. Frazier

15. Africans in Washington, DC: Ethiopian Ethnic Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment
E. Chacko

16. Somalis in Maine
F. A. Akiwumi and L. E. Estaville

17. Liberians and African Americans: Settlement and Ethnic Separation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area
E. P. Scott

18. Globalization and Ghanian Immigrant Trajectories to Cincinnati: Who Benefits?
I. E. A. Yeboah

19. Ethnic Small-Business Relocations: A Case Study in the Bronx, NY, 2007
E. Ofori, J. W. Frazier, and E. L. Tettey-Fio

SECTION 4: Summary and Conclusions

20. The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Themes and Concluding Perspectives
J. T. Darden, N. F. Henry and J. W. Frazier

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