Tyesha Maddox is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University.

"In A Home Away from Home, historian Tyesha Maddox reconfigures our understanding of Black New York by centering the multiple roles that Caribbean immigrants' institutional life played in recreating a political community in the city and abroad. Instead of Marcus Garvey we learn about Black Caribbean women like Elizabeth Hendrickson from Saint Croix, who was a leader in multiple Virgin Islands organizations and in the Harlem Tenants League. The political and organizational history that established the link between these island-specific organizations and community politics makes this book a must read." (Shannon King, author of Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway? Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the New Negro Era)

• IntroductionChapter 1. Friendly Societies in the Caribbean and Their African TraditionsChapter 2. Whence They Came: Immigration and Mobility in the Caribbean Chapter 3. More Than Auxiliary: The Functions of Mutual Aid Societies and Benevolent AssociationsChapter 4. Gendering the Migrant Experience: Caribbean Women's Roles in Social Organizations and Transnational Community DevelopmentChapter 5. Community Building and Political Mobilization: Forging a Caribbean and Black IdentityConclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Tyesha Maddox is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University.

"In A Home Away from Home, historian Tyesha Maddox reconfigures our understanding of Black New York by centering the multiple roles that Caribbean immigrants' institutional life played in recreating a political community in the city and abroad. Instead of Marcus Garvey we learn about Black Caribbean women like Elizabeth Hendrickson from Saint Croix, who was a leader in multiple Virgin Islands organizations and in the Harlem Tenants League. The political and organizational history that established the link between these island-specific organizations and community politics makes this book a must read." (Shannon King, author of Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway? Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the New Negro Era)

• IntroductionChapter 1. Friendly Societies in the Caribbean and Their African TraditionsChapter 2. Whence They Came: Immigration and Mobility in the Caribbean Chapter 3. More Than Auxiliary: The Functions of Mutual Aid Societies and Benevolent AssociationsChapter 4. Gendering the Migrant Experience: Caribbean Women's Roles in Social Organizations and Transnational Community DevelopmentChapter 5. Community Building and Political Mobilization: Forging a Caribbean and Black IdentityConclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Tyesha Maddox is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University.

"In A Home Away from Home, historian Tyesha Maddox reconfigures our understanding of Black New York by centering the multiple roles that Caribbean immigrants' institutional life played in recreating a political community in the city and abroad. Instead of Marcus Garvey we learn about Black Caribbean women like Elizabeth Hendrickson from Saint Croix, who was a leader in multiple Virgin Islands organizations and in the Harlem Tenants League. The political and organizational history that established the link between these island-specific organizations and community politics makes this book a must read." (Shannon King, author of Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway? Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the New Negro Era)

• IntroductionChapter 1. Friendly Societies in the Caribbean and Their African TraditionsChapter 2. Whence They Came: Immigration and Mobility in the Caribbean Chapter 3. More Than Auxiliary: The Functions of Mutual Aid Societies and Benevolent AssociationsChapter 4. Gendering the Migrant Experience: Caribbean Women's Roles in Social Organizations and Transnational Community DevelopmentChapter 5. Community Building and Political Mobilization: Forging a Caribbean and Black IdentityConclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments