Professor Pete Banner-Haley
The following is a faculty research project supported by the Upstate Institute:
Charles Pete Banner-Haley, Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies
This research project seeks to provide an overview of the networks that African Americans created in Upstate New York. Through their social institutions such as the family, churches, and various social organizations, African Americans in the Upstate region engaged in communal efforts to advance and nurture pride in the race, increase opportunities for educational advancement and professional employment, and enhance their status as American citizens.