The Activist Collector: Lida Clanton Broner's 1938 Journey from Newark to South Africa

by Christa Clarke

Published by the Newark Museum. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

"After twenty-eight years of desire and determination, I have visited Africa, the land of my forefathers." So wrote Lida Clanton Broner (1895-1982), an African American housekeeper and hairstylist from Newark, New Jersey, upon her return from an extraordinary nine-month journey to South Africa in 1938. This epic trip was motivated not only by Broner's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978836155
• ISBN13: 9781978836150
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher