Nina Mjagkij
Biographic Data
| ID | 5370438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nina Mjagkij |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mjagkij |
| SIGNATURE | MJAGKIJ N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Loyalty in Time of Trial
In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. But nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during the war, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, emboldened by their …
The Human Tradition in the Old South
"The Public Be Damned!" A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age
“The Public Be Damned!” A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age Get access Nina Mjagkij, Nina Mjagkij Nina Mjagkij is an associate professor of history at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana. She is the author of Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946 (1994); co-editor of Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City (1997); and editor of The Encyclopedia of African Ameri…
Men and Women Adrift
Journal Article Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City. Ed. by Nina Mjagkij and Margaret Spratt. (New York: New York University Press, 1997. xx, 311 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8147-5541-0. Paper, $19.50, ISBN 0-8147-5542-9.) Get access Ruth Crocker Ruth Crocker Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998,…
Light in the Darkness
From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on but equal terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success in the face of adversity. African American men, faced with emas…
Light in the Darkness
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Light in the Darkness
From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on but equal terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success in the face of adversity. African American men, faced with emas…
Light in the Darkness
Men and Women Adrift
Journal Article Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City. Ed. by Nina Mjagkij and Margaret Spratt. (New York: New York University Press, 1997. xx, 311 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8147-5541-0. Paper, $19.50, ISBN 0-8147-5542-9.) Get access Ruth Crocker Ruth Crocker Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998,…
"The Public Be Damned!" A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age
“The Public Be Damned!” A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age Get access Nina Mjagkij, Nina Mjagkij Nina Mjagkij is an associate professor of history at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana. She is the author of Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946 (1994); co-editor of Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City (1997); and editor of The Encyclopedia of African Ameri…
The Human Tradition in the Old South
Loyalty in Time of Trial
In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. But nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during the war, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, emboldened by their …
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