Jeffrey P. Green (born 9 October 1944)[1] is a British historian and writer, who has been particularly active in researching and documenting the Black British experience, publishing books and articles since the 1980s.
Jeffrey Green was born in 1944 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and grew up in London, England.[2]
CareerEdit
Green worked for Grindlays Bank both in London and Uganda, and as an export manager for British manufacturers.[2] He has worked as an independent historian for more than three decades. His notable work on Black British history includes research into the life of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor that culminated in the 2011 biography Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life.[3] Green edited trumpeter Leslie Thompson's autobiography, first published in 1985 and reissued as Swing from a Small Island - The Story of Leslie Thompson by Northway Publications in 2009.[4]
Green has written more than 30 articles for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[2] Other publications to which he has contributed include The Oxford Companion to Black British History, The Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Journal of Caribbean History, Black Music Research Journal, Black Perspective in Music, New Community, Storyville[5] and History Today.[6]
In History Today in 2000, he argued that the black presence in the UK before 1940 had largely been ignored by historians.[7] He is a regular participant in seminars and conferences.[8][9]
Green has also been active in trying to trace fugitive slaves who escaped from the US to the UK.[10]
In 2015 he was nominated for a Grammy (jointly with Rainer Lotz and Howard Rye) for work on the 44-CD boxed set with two books, Black Europe, which rescued recordings made in Europe by people of African descent prior to 1928.[5]
A collection of Green's research papers, reference material, and papers of the Barbour-James family that he acquired after the death of Amy Barbour-James, are held at the Black Cultural Archives.[1] Green's website, founded in 2009 partly in response to what he regarded as "ill-founded articles on history and also to make available images and documents that he had been accumulating since the late 1970s",[11] was in 2020 taken on by the British Library as part of the national UK Web Archive.[12]
PublicationsEdit
BooksEdit
Edmund Thornton Jenkins: The Life and Times of an American Black Composer, 1894-1926, Greenwood Press, 1982. ISBN978-0313232534
Black Edwardians: Black People in Britain 1901-1914, Routledge, 1998. ISBN978-0714644264
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life, London: Pickering and Chatto, 2011. ISBN978-1848931619
Coleridge-Taylor: A Centenary Celebration, London: History and Social Action Publications, 2012. ISBN978-0954894382
"Thomas Lewis Johnson (1836–1921): the Bournemouth Evangelist"; "George William Christian (1872–1924): Liverpool Merchant"; "Dr J. J. Brown of Hackney (1882–1953)", in Rainer Lotz and Ian Pegg (eds), Under the Imperial Carpet: Essays in Black History 1780–1950 (Rabbit Press, 1986). ISBN978-0948775017
"The Negro Renaissance and England", in Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. (ed.), Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance (Greenwood Press, 1980, and University of Tennessee Press, 1993).
"A Revelation in Strange Humanity: Six Congo Pygmies in Britain, 1905–1907", in Bernth Lindfors (ed.), Africans on Stage. Studies in Ethnological Show Business (Indiana University Press, 1999). ISBN978-0253334688
Selected articles in journalsEdit
"Roland Hayes in London, 1921", Black Perspective in Music, New York (Spring 1982).
"'In Dahomey' in London in 1903", Black Perspective in Music (Spring 1983).
"The Coloured Man’s Complaint", New Community, Journal of the Commission for Racial Equality, London (Autumn/Winter 1983).
"Beef Pie with a Suet Crust. A Black Childhood in Wigan (1906–1920)", New Community (Spring 1984).
"Conversation with Leslie Thompson", Black Perspective in Music, New York (Spring 1984).
"Edward T. Nelson (1874–1940)", New Community (Winter 1984–1985).
"Some Recent Findings on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor", with Paul McGilchrist, Black Perspective in Music, New York (Fall 1985).
"A Black Community? – London, 1919", Immigrants and Minorities, London (March 1986).
"West Indian Doctors in London: John Alcindor (1873–1924) and James Jackson Brown (1882–1953)", The Journal of Caribbean History (June 1986).
"John Alexander Barbour-James (1867–1954)", New Community (Autumn 1986).
"Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a Postscript", with Paul McGilchrist, Black Perspective in Music, New York (Fall 1986).
"High Society and Black Entertainers in the 1920s and 1930s", New Community (Spring 1987).
"John Alcindor (1873–1924): A Migrant’s Biography", Immigrants and Minorities (July 1987).
"Some Findings on Britain’s Black Working Class, 1900–1914", Immigrants and Minorities (July 1990).
"Conversation with Josephine Harreld Love", Black Perspective in Music, New York (1990).
"'The Foremost Musician of his Race': Samuel Coleridge-Taylor of England, 1875–1912", Black Music Research Journal, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago (Fall 1990).
"The Jamaica Native Choir in Britain, 1906–1908", Black Music Research Journal (Spring 1993).
"Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Early Years" and "Requiem – Hiawatha in the 1920s and 1930s", Black Music Research Journal (Fall 2001), a volume edited by Jeffrey Green.
"Black Musical Internationalism in England in the 1920s", with Howard Rye, Black Music Research Journal (Spring 1995).
"Memories of the SSO: Descendants Speak" and "Edmund Jenkins of South Carolina", Black Music Research Journal (Spring 2010), a volume dedicated to the Southern Syncopated Orchestra.
^Jeffrey Green (October 2000). "Before the Windrush". History Today. 50 (10). Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^"What's Happening in Black British -History III - Session 3 - Jeffrey Green" 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 29 October 2015.
^Jeffrey Green, "Do we really know Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?" Talk for the BASA (Black & Asian Studies Association) Conference, London, 27 June 2009.
^"Jeff Green Seeks info on African American Fugitive 1850s". Blackpresence.co.uk. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^"Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Education Resources: UK Black History Resources". UCL Institute of Education Library. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^"Black History Now High On the Agenda | Web Resources". seancreighton1947. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
External linksEdit
Official website
October 27, 2023
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For other people with similar names see Geoffrey Green disambiguation and Jeff Green disambiguation Jeffrey P Green born 9 October 1944 1 is a British historian and writer who has been particularly active in researching and documenting the Black British experience publishing books and articles since the 1980s Jeffrey GreenBorn 1944 10 09 9 October 1944 age 79 Nuneaton Warwickshire EnglandOccupation s Historian and writerWebsitewww wbr jeffreygreen wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Publications 3 1 Books 3 2 Contributions in collections 3 3 Selected articles in journals 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditJeffrey Green was born in 1944 in Nuneaton Warwickshire and grew up in London England 2 Career EditGreen worked for Grindlays Bank both in London and Uganda and as an export manager for British manufacturers 2 He has worked as an independent historian for more than three decades His notable work on Black British history includes research into the life of composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor that culminated in the 2011 biography Samuel Coleridge Taylor a Musical Life 3 Green edited trumpeter Leslie Thompson s autobiography first published in 1985 and reissued as Swing from a Small Island The Story of Leslie Thompson by Northway Publications in 2009 4 Green has written more than 30 articles for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2 Other publications to which he has contributed include The Oxford Companion to Black British History The Grove Dictionary of Jazz The Journal of Caribbean History Black Music Research Journal Black Perspective in Music New Community Storyville 5 and History Today 6 In History Today in 2000 he argued that the black presence in the UK before 1940 had largely been ignored by historians 7 He is a regular participant in seminars and conferences 8 9 Green has also been active in trying to trace fugitive slaves who escaped from the US to the UK 10 In 2015 he was nominated for a Grammy jointly with Rainer Lotz and Howard Rye for work on the 44 CD boxed set with two books Black Europe which rescued recordings made in Europe by people of African descent prior to 1928 5 Green lives in East Grinstead Sussex 1 A collection of Green s research papers reference material and papers of the Barbour James family that he acquired after the death of Amy Barbour James are held at the Black Cultural Archives 1 Green s website founded in 2009 partly in response to what he regarded as ill founded articles on history and also to make available images and documents that he had been accumulating since the late 1970s 11 was in 2020 taken on by the British Library as part of the national UK Web Archive 12 Publications EditBooks Edit Edmund Thornton Jenkins The Life and Times of an American Black Composer 1894 1926 Greenwood Press 1982 ISBN 978 0313232534 Black Edwardians Black People in Britain 1901 1914 Routledge 1998 ISBN 978 0714644264 Samuel Coleridge Taylor a Musical Life London Pickering and Chatto 2011 ISBN 978 1848931619 Coleridge Taylor A Centenary Celebration London History and Social Action Publications 2012 ISBN 978 0954894382 Black Americans in Victorian Britain Pen amp Sword 2018 ISBN 978 1 52673 759 5Contributions in collections Edit Thomas Lewis Johnson 1836 1921 the Bournemouth Evangelist George William Christian 1872 1924 Liverpool Merchant Dr J J Brown of Hackney 1882 1953 in Rainer Lotz and Ian Pegg eds Under the Imperial Carpet Essays in Black History 1780 1950 Rabbit Press 1986 ISBN 978 0948775017 The Negro Renaissance and England in Samuel A Floyd Jr ed Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance Greenwood Press 1980 and University of Tennessee Press 1993 A Revelation in Strange Humanity Six Congo Pygmies in Britain 1905 1907 in Bernth Lindfors ed Africans on Stage Studies in Ethnological Show Business Indiana University Press 1999 ISBN 978 0253334688Selected articles in journals Edit Roland Hayes in London 1921 Black Perspective in Music New York Spring 1982 In Dahomey in London in 1903 Black Perspective in Music Spring 1983 The Coloured Man s Complaint New Community Journal of the Commission for Racial Equality London Autumn Winter 1983 Beef Pie with a Suet Crust A Black Childhood in Wigan 1906 1920 New Community Spring 1984 Conversation with Leslie Thompson Black Perspective in Music New York Spring 1984 Edward T Nelson 1874 1940 New Community Winter 1984 1985 Some Recent Findings on Samuel Coleridge Taylor with Paul McGilchrist Black Perspective in Music New York Fall 1985 A Black Community London 1919 Immigrants and Minorities London March 1986 West Indian Doctors in London John Alcindor 1873 1924 and James Jackson Brown 1882 1953 The Journal of Caribbean History June 1986 John Alexander Barbour James 1867 1954 New Community Autumn 1986 Samuel Coleridge Taylor a Postscript with Paul McGilchrist Black Perspective in Music New York Fall 1986 High Society and Black Entertainers in the 1920s and 1930s New Community Spring 1987 John Alcindor 1873 1924 A Migrant s Biography Immigrants and Minorities July 1987 Some Findings on Britain s Black Working Class 1900 1914 Immigrants and Minorities July 1990 Conversation with Josephine Harreld Love Black Perspective in Music New York 1990 The Foremost Musician of his Race Samuel Coleridge Taylor of England 1875 1912 Black Music Research Journal Center for Black Music Research Columbia College Chicago Fall 1990 The Jamaica Native Choir in Britain 1906 1908 Black Music Research Journal Spring 1993 Samuel Coleridge Taylor The Early Years and Requiem Hiawatha in the 1920s and 1930s Black Music Research Journal Fall 2001 a volume edited by Jeffrey Green Black Musical Internationalism in England in the 1920s with Howard Rye Black Music Research Journal Spring 1995 Memories of the SSO Descendants Speak and Edmund Jenkins of South Carolina Black Music Research Journal Spring 2010 a volume dedicated to the Southern Syncopated Orchestra References Edit a b c Papers of Jeffrey Green Archives Hub a b c Jeffrey Green Historian Jeffreygreen co uk Retrieved 15 February 2016 Dominique Rene de Lerma Samuel Coleridge Taylor a musical life by Jeffrey Green a review Samuel Coleridge Taylor Foundation 24 February 2012 Jeffrey Green 033 Leslie Thompson Swing from a Small Island a b Jeffrey Green at Black British History Jeffrey Green page History Today Jeffrey Green October 2000 Before the Windrush History Today 50 10 Retrieved 15 February 2016 What s Happening in Black British History III Session 3 Jeffrey Green Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine School of Advanced Study University of London 29 October 2015 Jeffrey Green Do we really know Samuel Coleridge Taylor Talk for the BASA Black amp Asian Studies Association Conference London 27 June 2009 Jeff Green Seeks info on African American Fugitive 1850s Blackpresence co uk 23 January 2013 Retrieved 15 February 2016 Black Asian and Minority Ethnic BAME Education Resources UK Black History Resources UCL Institute of Education Library Retrieved 26 May 2021 Black History Now High On the Agenda Web Resources seancreighton1947 20 June 2020 Retrieved 25 May 2020 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeffrey Green amp oldid 1147185610, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
