Robert A Hill
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert A Hill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hill |
| SIGNATURE | HILL R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Le Moyne College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1232-2985 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Central auditory tests reveal deficits in HIV treatment
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV is prevalent and neurocognitive screening tools are limited, central auditory tests (CATs) may provide an accessible way to detect neurocognitive deficits. This study examined the relationship between CAT performance and cognitive performance in people with (PLWH) and without HIV (PLWOH) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with a focus on body mass index (BMI), a potential marker of HIV severity. We hypothesiz…
The West Indies unbound
To paraphrase Oscar Handlin whose work wrought a revolution in U.S. immigration historiography in the 1950s, the history of West Indian immigration is the history of the West Indian people writ lar
Comradeship of the More Advanced Races: Marcus Garvey and the Brotherhood Movement in Britain, 1913-14
This essay argues that before Garveyism became an ideology in its own right in 1920, and before it began its political ascent in the United States in 1919, Marcus Garvey was exposed during his sojourn in Britain, in 1913–14, to one of the most important social movements of the Edwardian era: the Brotherhood movement. From his exposure to the movement's ideology and his participation in its organizational successes, Garvey obtained the template of…
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920
With Volume XI: The Caribbean Diaspora, 1910–1920 , Duke University Press proudly assumes publication of the final volumes of The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. This invaluable archival project documents the impact and spread of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914 and led by him until his death in 1940. Volume XI is the first to focus on the Carib…
Trustee for the Human Community: Ralph J. Bunche, the United Nations, and the Decolonization of Africa
Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key role in setting up the trusteeship system that provided important impetus for postwar decolonization ending European control of Africa as well as an in…
Redemption Works: From "African Redemption" to "Redemption Song
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobert A. HillRobert A. Hill is Professor of History at UCLA and the editor in chief of the multivolume edition of The Marcus Garvey & Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, within the James S. Coleman African Studies Center. He is also the literary executor of the estate of C.L.R. James. The editor of numerous historical editions (Marcus Garvey's The Black Man; Cyril V. Briggs's The Crusader; T…
King Menelik's Nephew: Prince Thomas Mackarooroo, aka Prince Ludwig Menelek of Abyssinia
Although little studied or understood, the black impostor occupies an important place in the history of the African diaspora. The present essay examines the imposture of Prince Thomas Mackarooroo, aka Prince Ludwig Menelek of Abyssinia, as an avatar of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, whose military victory over Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa in 1896 made him the black culture hero par excellence at the height of the imperialist era. The bla…
From New World to Abeng: George Beckford and the Horn of Black Power in Jamaica, 1968-1970
This essay examines the role played by George Beckford in grappling critically with the complicated legacy of the plantation system. It focuses on the transition from his role in the New World group to his participation in the Abeng newspaper group in Jamaica, in 1969. The essay argues that it was Beckford's participation in the Abeng group that helped to pave the way for his expanded concept of dispossession as well as his concept of the culture…
Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945
Africa for the Africans was the name given to the extraordinary movement led by Jamaican Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940). Volumes I-VII of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers chronicled the Garvey movement that flourished in the United States during the 1920s. Now, the long-awaited African volumes of this edition demonstrate clearly the central role Africans played in the development of the Garvey phenomenon. The…
Introduction: P. Sterling Stuckey: In Praise of an Intellectual Legacy
The Future of Theological Education and the Renewal of the Church
A man in early retirement has decided to bicycle across the continent, starting with his rear tire in the Pacific, down in San Diego next to Coronado Island, and finishing with his front tire in the Atlantic by Provincetown.The trip he makes is in memory of his son who died two years earlier.Father and son did much cycling together, and after two years haunted by demons, Dad cycles with a hope of exorcism.He stops on a Sunday morning in the littl…
Reasoning with Professor Robert A. Hill
On July 10, 2000, I sat down to interview Professor Robert A. Hill, Editor in Chief at the Marcus Garvey Papers Project on the UCLA Campus. At that time, I initiated the interview in hopes of getting it published in a Colorado-based magazine entitled Ujama News. The editor and readers of Ujama News maintain an interest in the history of Marcus Garvey, Rastatari and Pan-African politics and history. In every issue they run a column on the philosop…
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: Africa for the Africans
Ethiopian Stories
Africa for the Africans, 1921–1922: Africa for the Africans June 1921-December 1922
Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyler and Literary Pan-Africanism in the 1930s
Research Article| August 01 1994 Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyler and Literary Pan-Africanism in the 1930s Robert A. Hill Robert A. Hill Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1994) 14 (2): 67–85. https://doi.org/10.1215/07323867-14-2-67 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Robert A. Hill; Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyl…
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume VII: November 1927-August 1940
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume VI: September 1924-December 1927
Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume V: September 1922-August 1924
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Vol. III; Vol. IV
Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume IV: 1 September 1921-2 September 1922
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Vol. 3
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume II: 27 August 1919-31 August 1920; Volume III: September 1920-August 1921
Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion
King Menelik's Nephew: Prince Thomas Mackarooroo, aka Prince Ludwig Menelek of Abyssinia
Although little studied or understood, the black impostor occupies an important place in the history of the African diaspora. The present essay examines the imposture of Prince Thomas Mackarooroo, aka Prince Ludwig Menelek of Abyssinia, as an avatar of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, whose military victory over Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa in 1896 made him the black culture hero par excellence at the height of the imperialist era. The bla…
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Papers
Comradeship of the More Advanced Races: Marcus Garvey and the Brotherhood Movement in Britain, 1913-14
This essay argues that before Garveyism became an ideology in its own right in 1920, and before it began its political ascent in the United States in 1919, Marcus Garvey was exposed during his sojourn in Britain, in 1913–14, to one of the most important social movements of the Edwardian era: the Brotherhood movement. From his exposure to the movement's ideology and his participation in its organizational successes, Garvey obtained the template of…
From New World to Abeng: George Beckford and the Horn of Black Power in Jamaica, 1968-1970
This essay examines the role played by George Beckford in grappling critically with the complicated legacy of the plantation system. It focuses on the transition from his role in the New World group to his participation in the Abeng newspaper group in Jamaica, in 1969. The essay argues that it was Beckford's participation in the Abeng group that helped to pave the way for his expanded concept of dispossession as well as his concept of the culture…
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: Africa for the Africans
A Note on Newspaper Patronage in Canada during the late 1850s and early 1860s
Ayutla Mixtec, Just in Case
The Black Man: A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion. Volumes 1-4, No. 1, 1933-1939
Walter Rodney on Pan-Africanism
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Unraveling an Enigma
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume 1: 1826-August 1919
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Vol. I: 1826-August 1919. Vol. II: 27-August 1920
Journal Article The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Ed. by Robert A. Hill, Emory J. Tolbert, Carol A. Rudisell, and Deborah Forczek. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Vol. I: 1826–August 1919. cxvii + 579 pp. Map, illustrations, chart, tables, appendixes, notes, and index.) Get access William H. Harris William H. Harris Paine College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Papers
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume II: 27 August 1919-31 August 1920; Volume III: September 1920-August 1921
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Vol. III; Vol. IV
Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume IV: 1 September 1921-2 September 1922
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Vol. 3
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume V: September 1922-August 1924
Marcus Garvey: Anti-Colonial Champion
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume VI: September 1924-December 1927
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Volume VII: November 1927-August 1940
Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyler and Literary Pan-Africanism in the 1930s
Research Article| August 01 1994 Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyler and Literary Pan-Africanism in the 1930s Robert A. Hill Robert A. Hill Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1994) 14 (2): 67–85. https://doi.org/10.1215/07323867-14-2-67 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Robert A. Hill; Ethiopian Stories: George S. Schuyl…
Africa for the Africans, 1921–1922: Africa for the Africans June 1921-December 1922
Ethiopian Stories
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: Africa for the Africans
Reasoning with Professor Robert A. Hill
On July 10, 2000, I sat down to interview Professor Robert A. Hill, Editor in Chief at the Marcus Garvey Papers Project on the UCLA Campus. At that time, I initiated the interview in hopes of getting it published in a Colorado-based magazine entitled Ujama News. The editor and readers of Ujama News maintain an interest in the history of Marcus Garvey, Rastatari and Pan-African politics and history. In every issue they run a column on the philosop…
The Future of Theological Education and the Renewal of the Church
A man in early retirement has decided to bicycle across the continent, starting with his rear tire in the Pacific, down in San Diego next to Coronado Island, and finishing with his front tire in the Atlantic by Provincetown.The trip he makes is in memory of his son who died two years earlier.Father and son did much cycling together, and after two years haunted by demons, Dad cycles with a hope of exorcism.He stops on a Sunday morning in the littl…
Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945
Africa for the Africans was the name given to the extraordinary movement led by Jamaican Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940). Volumes I-VII of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers chronicled the Garvey movement that flourished in the United States during the 1920s. Now, the long-awaited African volumes of this edition demonstrate clearly the central role Africans played in the development of the Garvey phenomenon. The…
Introduction: P. Sterling Stuckey: In Praise of an Intellectual Legacy
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