Rogers first book was Superman to Man, privately published in 1917 and printed by the M.A. My spare time, and with no thought of writing a book, I began to collect The names of several great men of Negro ancestry past and present," states Rogers in his book World's Great Men of Color, Vol. "I found in Chicago a friend who introduced me to books in which I found A voracious bibliophile, Rogers compiled information about African history and began to write and self-publish his research findings. Of libraries that had developed in different cities across the country. As a result of his being able to travel widely within the United StatesĪs a Pullman Porter, Rogers was certainly able to access a wide variety According to his biographer, Thabiti Asukile, he attended art classes there while supporting himself financially as a Pullman Porter, where he would work until 1919.
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In 1909, Rogers enrolled in the Chicago Art Institute. Rogers did make Black Chicago his home for a time, while working as a Pullman Porter and reporter. Rogers moved from Jamaica to Harlem, New York, where he would eventually reside during the majority of his adult life, living with his wife Helga M. What is known is that in 1906, after serving in the British Army at Port Royal, Jamaica, J.A.
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Information about Roger's mother has been difficult to find.
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Roger's father was Samuel John Rogers, a school-teacher, minister and a plantation manager in Jamaica. Of mixed-race parentage and one of eleven children, J.A. Rogers was a historian, journalist and author whose works made great contributions to the history of Africa and its diaspora. Joel Augustus Rogers was born Septemin Negril, Jamaica and died on Main New York City.