A Home Away from Home: Early 20th Century Caribbean Immigration to New York
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Fordham University Professor Tyesha Maddox, PhD, will present the 2026 John Hope Franklin Distinguished Lecture at Adelphi University.
Dr. Maddox, associate professor of African and African-American Studies, will discuss the significance of early twentieth-century Anglophone Caribbean immigrant mutual aid societies and benevolent associations in New York City.
Departing from traditional male-centered immigrant narratives, in her new book, A Home Away from Home, Tyesha Maddox provides a nuanced and complex understanding of Anglophone Caribbean immigration to the United States by placing women in the center of diasporic formation as indispensable agents in forging transnational communities. She reveals the role that mutual aid societies played in the development of a Pan-Caribbean American identity and a wider Black identity.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Adelphi University Department of African, Black and Caribbean Studies.
About the Speaker
Tyesha Maddox, PhD
Tyesha Maddox is an Associate Professor at Fordham University in the Department of African & African American Studies. She received her PhD in History from New York University in 2016. She received a BA in History and Africana Studies and a MPS in Africana Studies both from Cornell University in 2006 and 2008. Her book, A Home Away from Home: Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity (Penn Press, 2024) examines the significance of early twentieth century Anglophone Caribbean immigrant mutual aid societies and benevolent associations in New York City.
For more information, please contact the Department of African, Black and Caribbean Studies at 516.877.4980 or dabcs@adelphi.edu