Douglas Henry Daniels

Biographic Data

ID556016
NAMEDouglas Henry Daniels
GIVEN NAMESDouglas Henry
FAMILY NAMEDaniels
SIGNATUREDANIELS D H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS28
TOTAL CITATIONS33
AUTHOR COUNT28
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850–1917

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEJournal of American History2018

    This work promises a history of the formation of the black community of Los Angeles before the Great Migration. Marne L. Campbell contends that the roles that black women played were crucial to this process. This thesis develops Willi Coleman's essay on the singular role of California's black women as founders (“African American Women and Community Development in California,” in Seeking El Dorado, ed. Lawrence B. de Graaf, Kevin Mulroy, and Quint…

  • I Remember Richard: A Review of Samurai Among Panthers and More

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEAmerasia Journal2013

    “Richard Aoki's biography stands out for a number of reasons other than the fact that I was a good friend of his and am a colleague of Diane Fujino. It presents a revolutionary's vision of his life and activities, and reflects even the lilt of his speech and his colloquialisms. I doubt if he would have had it any other way, and Fujino was wise to recognize this from the beginning.”

  • In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEJournal of American History2012Cited by: 16

    Journal Article In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City Get access In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820–1930. By Peter C. Baldwin. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 284 pp. $40.00.) Douglas Henry Daniels Douglas Henry Daniels University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jour…

  • Jump for Joy: Jazz, Basketball, and Black Culture in 1930s America

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Gena Caponi TaberyARTICLEJournal of American History2009

    Jump for Joy is a remarkable book, an example of cultural studies as well as a history of dominant motifs in African American and U.S. culture before the civil rights movement. Gena Caponi-Tabery traces the protests of the 1950s back to foundations established during the depression. She analyzes a variety of topics—jazz music and dance, athletics, ring shouts, and spirit possession in Protestant worship, and the unique style of black basketball t…

  • Horace Silver, Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Journal of African American…2007

  • No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics and Postwar America

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEJournal of American History2006

    No Coward Soldiers emerged from the Nathan I. Huggins lectures presented at Harvard University. It is a fine representation of contemporary efforts in history, ethnic studies, and American studies to examine the cultural dimensions of politics, the politicization of culture, and the interaction between the two arenas. Specifically, it focuses on Afro-American culture, identity, and politics and their interrelationship and influence on overall Ame…

  • Lester Leaps In: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young

    Robert Rawlins, Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEAmerican Music2005

  • Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

    Douglas Henry Daniels, David MargolickARTICLEAfrican American Review2003

    The lyrics of Strange Fruit, the controversial ballad that became Billie Holiday's signature song, describe a lynched black man hanging from a tree. Its performance sparked controversy and sometimes violence wherever Holiday went. This is the story of the song, from its genesis, to its popularizat

  • Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2002Cited by: 1

    Book Review| July 01 2002 Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California, Lawrence B. de Graaf, Kevin Mulroy and Quintard Taylor. Douglas Henry Daniels Douglas Henry Daniels Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2002) 21 (4): 159–161. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501226 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…

  • Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Gene SantoroARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    Journal Article Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus Get access Santoro GeneMyself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus 2000New York Organization of American Historiansx452$30.00, ISBN 0-19-509733-5 Douglas Henry Daniels Douglas Henry Daniels University of California SantaBarbara, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue…

  • The African American Community in Richmond, California, 1910–1963

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2001

    Book Review| April 01 2001 The African American Community in Richmond, California, 1910–1963 The African American Community in Richmond, California, 1910–1963, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore. Douglas Henry Daniels Douglas Henry Daniels Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2001) 20 (3): 167. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502730 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissi…

  • Miles and Me

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Quincy TroupeARTICLEAfrican American Review2001

    Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistic and personal. As Davis' collaborator on Miles: The Autobiography, Troupe - one of the major poets to emerge from the 1960s - had exceptional access to the musician. This memoir goes beyond the life portrayed in the a…

  • The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Scott DeveauxARTICLEAfrican American Review2000

  • Dominic J. Capeci Jr. and Martha Wilkerson, Layered Violence: The Detroit Rioters of 1943

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1999

  • Los Angeles Zoot: Race "Riot," the Pachuco, and Black Music Culture

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1997Cited by: 9References: 6

  • Taarab Clubs and Swahili Music Culture

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLESocial Identities1996Cited by: 1

    Histories of East Africa in this century generally focus upon the political dimensions of resistance, culminating in the nationalist movements which brought about independence by Kenya African Union KANU and Tanganyika African National Union TANU in those respective nations in the early 1960s. This essay examines a cultural basis of nationalism, namely the taarab orchestras and music clubs that proliferated in coastal Kenya and Tanganyika, and on…

  • Dominic J. Capeci, Jr. and Martha Wilkerson, Layered Violence: The Detroit Rioters of 1943

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1993

  • Going to Meet a Man: Denver's Last Legal Public Execution, 27 July 1886

    Douglas Henry Daniels, William M KingARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1992

    Journal Article Going to Meet a Man: Denver's Last Legal Public Execution, 27 July 1886 Get access Going to Meet a Man: Denver's Last Legal Public Execution, 27 July 1886. By King William M.. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990. xiv + 168 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $19.95.) Douglas Henry Daniels Douglas Henry Daniels University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Weste…

  • Afro-American Music, South Africa, and Apartheid

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Charles HammARTICLEAmerican Music1990

  • Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco

    Douglas Henry DanielsBOOKPioneer Urbanites1990Cited by: 2

    The black migration to San Francisco and the Bay Area differed from the mass movement of Southern rural blacks and their families into the eastern industrial cities. Those who traveled West, or arrived by ship, were often independent, sophisticated, single men. Many were associated with the transportation boom following the Gold Rush; others traveled as employees of wealthy individuals. Douglas Daniels argues for the importance of going beyond th…

  • Chuck Berry: The Autobiography

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEAmerican Music1989

  • Lester Young

    Douglas Henry Daniels, Lewis PorterARTICLEAmerican Music1987

  • Oral History, Masks, and Protocol in the Jazz Community

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Oral History Review1987

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsDouglas Henry DanielsDouglas Daniels is Associate Professor of Black Studies and History and Chair of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The author of Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco (1980), he has also had articles on race relations and black culture published in the Journal of Ethnic Studies, American Music, and Jazzforschung.

  • Lester Young: Master of Jive

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEAmerican Music1985

    Tenor saxophonist Lester Pres Young looms large as a hero among jazz fans and writers as well as among musicians. Known as president of tenor saxophone, he gained recognition for his musical genius while playing with leading swing bands of 1930s, including 13 Original Blue Devils and King Oliver and Count Basie bands. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Ted Joans, and Al Young have written poems about him; novelist John Clellon Holmes featured a musician…

  • The Significance of Blues for American History

    Douglas Henry DanielsARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1985References: 1