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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, African American Perspectives on Political Science presents original essays from leading African American political scientists. Collectively, they evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related...
On My Brother's Shoulders
An African American Anthology and Tribute to People of Color
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
"In this insightful and enlightening book, E. Willa Simpson takes readers on a journey through the African American experience. Her version of history as retold in poetic terms is a refreshing tribute to countless African American leaders. Through her honesty, courage and the unique critical...
Becoming American
The African-American Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Far too many Americans, of all races, are unaware of the pivotal role that people of African descent have played in shaping the US and the world. Even less is known about the role of African peoples in the history of all humankind. Becoming American: The African-American Journey will open their eyes—and...
Saints in Exile
The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 1999
Saints in Exile studies, from an insider's perspective, the worship practices and social ethics of the African American family of Holiness, Pentecostal, and Apostolic churches known collectively as the Sanctified Church. Cheryl Sanders identifies the theme of exile, both as an idea and an experience,...
by Douglas E. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
African traditional religion encompasses a variety of non-dogmatic, spiritual practices followed by millions around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the Nubian religion of Egypt’s Dynastic Period. In an expanded second edition, this book examines the nature of African traditional...
We Could Not Fail
The First African Americans in the Space Program
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The Space Age began just as the struggle for civil rights forced Americans to confront the long and bitter legacy of slavery, discrimination, and violence against African Americans. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson utilized the space program as an agent for social change, using federal equal...
Laying Claim
African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
In Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity, Patricia Davis identifies the Civil War as the central narrative around which official depictions of southern culture have been defined. Because that narrative largely excluded African American points of view, the resulting southern...
African American Fraternities and Sororities
The Legacy and the Vision
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership, racial pride, and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities of Jim Crow segregation. With a strong presence...
The Souls of White Folk
African American Writers Theorize Whiteness
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness is the first study to consider the substantial body of African American writing that critiques whiteness as social construction and racial identity. Arguing against the prevailing approach to these texts that says African American...
by Stephanie Mitchem
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Cure a nosebleed by holding a silver quarter on the back of the neck. Treat an earache with sweet oil drops. Wear plant roots to keep from catching colds. Within many African American families, these kinds of practices continue today, woven into the fabric of black culture, often communicated through...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
A new vocabulary for African American Studies
As the longest-standing interdisciplinary field, African American Studies has laid the foundation for critically analyzing issues of race, ethnicity, and culture within the academy and beyond. This volume assembles the keywords of this field for...
African Fashion, Global Style
Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
African Fashion, Global Style provides a lively look at fashion, international networks of style, material culture, and the world of African aesthetic expression. Victoria L. Rovine introduces fashion designers whose work reflects African histories and cultures both conceptually and stylistically,...
Race and Renaissance
African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2010
African Americans from Pittsburgh have a long and distinctive history of contributions to the cultural, political, and social evolution of the United States. From jazz legend Earl Fatha Hines to playwright August Wilson, from labor protests in the 1950s to the Black Power movement of the late 1960s,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions of contemporary African cultural production in this forward-looking volume. Arguing that it is impossible to understand African cultural productions without knowledge of the structures...