Hulan Jack's "Fifty years a democrat" transcript

1986

Hulan Jack was born in British Guiana (Guyana) in 1906. He immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 16. Jack is most noted for being the first Black borough president in New York City (Manhattan), elected in 1954. For more biographical information see Hulan Jack papers, Sc MG 478, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This collection contains research material related to Hulan Jack's autobiography, Fifty Years a Democrat, including a transcribed, unedited version of an original recording of Jack for the project. Additionally, there is research conducted by Christina Nelson Huth, ghost writer, for the writing of Jack's autobiography.