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Author : Gladys L. Knight
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Icons of African American Protest written by Gladys L. Knight and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2009 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Gladys L. Knight
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573567361
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Icons of African American Protest [2 volumes] written by Gladys L. Knight and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protest has always been a catalyst for change. It is the cornerstone of America's own birth. Did not the first immigrants help America take its first steps upon the road to greatness when they long ago protested against the oppression of their native government and established new edicts promoting the ideals of freedom and opportunity? Since the first African slave was forced to board a ship bound for this continent, protest has been a major motif in the African American experience. It was a critical weapon during the raging violence against blacks following the end of Reconstruction, the Jim Crow years, and against the grisly conditions in the ghettoes in the North. Throughout history protest has been used to combat economic and political oppression, racism, discrimination, and exclusion from mainstream America. Icons of African American Protest reveals the extraordinary strength, courage, and sacrifice displayed by individuals for the cause of freedom and civil rights. The 24 leaders showcased here cover a broad spectrum of descriptors-vibrant, tame, intense, aggressive, and diffident-and their politics ran the gamut from conservative to ultra-radical. Nevertheless, whatever techniques, modes, or tactics employed-such as Thurgood Marshall's legal fights in the court room, Dr. King's reliance on nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action, and Huey P. Newton's advocacy for armed self-defense-they were all, in their time, radicals who strove to eradicate racism and the climate of exclusion. This two-volume reference provides both students and general readers in-depth coverage of contemporary voices of protest, supplemented by sidebars on major turning points, freedom songs, and important symbols, such as the clenched fist of the Black Power Movement. Also included are a timeline of key events, historical documents, a glossary, and a thorough bibliography of print and electronic resources to encourage further research.
Author : Jane Rhodes
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253067960
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Mary Ann Shadd Cary written by Jane Rhodes and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a courageous and outspoken nineteenth-century African American who used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the United States and Canada. Part of the small free black elite who used their education and limited freedoms to fight for the end of slavery and racial oppression, Shadd Cary is best known as the first African American woman to publish and edit a newspaper in North America. But her importance does not stop there. She was an active participant in many of the social and political movements that influenced nineteenth century abolition, black emigration and nationalism, women's rights, and temperance. Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century explores her remarkable life and offers a window on the free black experience, emergent black nationalisms, African American gender ideologies, and the formation of a black public sphere. This new edition contains a new epilogue and new photographs"--
Author : Yolanda Williams Page
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313352046
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Icons of African American Literature written by Yolanda Williams Page and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 24 entries in this book provide extensive coverage of some of the most notable figures in African American literature, such as Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston. Icons of African American Literature: The Black Literary World examines 24 of the most popular and culturally significant topics within African American literature's long and immensely fascinating history. Each piece provide substantial, in-depth information—much more than a typical encyclopedia entry—while remaining accessible and appealing to general and younger readers. Arranged alphabetically, the entries cover such writers as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and August Wilson; major works, such as Invisible Man, Native Son, and Their Eyes Were Watching God; and a range of cultural topics, including the black arts movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the jazz aesthetic. Written by expert contributors, the essays discuss the enduring significance of these topics in American history and popular culture. Each entry also provides sidebars that highlight interesting information and suggestions for further reading.
Author : Eddie M. Tafoya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313380856
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Icons of African American Comedy written by Eddie M. Tafoya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth compilation of the lives, works, and contributions of 12 icons of African-American comedy explores their impact on American entertainment and the way America thinks about race. Despite the popularity of comedic superstars like Bill Cosby and Whoopi Goldberg, few books have looked at the work of African-American comedians, especially those who, like Godfrey Cambridge and Moms Mabley, dramatically impacted American humor. Icons of African American Comedy remedies that oversight. Beginning with an introduction that explores the history and impact of black comedians, the book offers in-depth discussions of 12 of the most important African-American comedians of the past 100-plus years: Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson, Godfrey Cambridge, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Damon Wayans, Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle. Each essay discusses the comedian's early life and offers an analysis of his or her contributions to American entertainment. Providing a variety of viewpoints on African-American comedy, the book shows how these comedians changed American comedy and American society.
Author : Eric Arnesen
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319241719
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Black Protest and the Great Migration written by Eric Arnesen and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I, as many as half a million southern African Americans permanently left the South to create new homes and lives in the urban North, and hundreds of thousands more would follow in the 1920s. This dramatic transformation in the lives of many black Americans involved more than geography: the increasingly visible “New Negro” and the intensification of grassroots black activism in the South as well as the North were the manifestations of a new challenge to racial subordination. Eric Arnesen’s unique collection of articles from a variety of northern, southern, black, and white newspapers, magazines, and books explores the “Great Migration,” focusing on the economic, social, and political conditions of the Jim Crow South, the meanings of race in general — and on labor in particular — in the urban North, the grassroots movements of social protest that flourished in the war years, and the postwar “racial counterrevolution.” An introduction by the editor, headnotes to documents, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are included.
Author : Jane Rhodes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252082641
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (826 download)
Download or read book Framing the Black Panthers written by Jane Rhodes and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A potent symbol of black power and radical inspiration, the Black Panthers still evoke strong emotions. This edition of Jane Rhodes's acclaimed study examines the extraordinary staying power of the Black Panthers in the American imagination. Probing the group's longtime relationship to the media, Rhodes traces how the Panthers articulated their message through symbols and tactics the mass media could not resist. By exploiting press coverage through everything from posters to public appearances to photo ops, the Panthers created a linguistic and symbolic universe as salient today as during the group's heyday. They also pioneered a sophisticated version of mass media activism that powers contemporary African American protest. Featuring a timely new preface by the author, Framing the Black Panthers is a breakthrough reconsideration of a fascinating phenomenon.
Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814716024
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Sisters in the Struggle written by Bettye Collier-Thomas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories and documents the contributions of African American women involved in the struggle for racial and gender equality through the civil rights and black power movements in the United States.
Author : Fernando Orejuela
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025303843X
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Black Lives Matter and Music written by Fernando Orejuela and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music has always been integral to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with songs such as Kendrick Lamar’s "Alright," J. Cole’s "Be Free," D’Angelo and the Vanguard's "The Charade," The Game’s "Don’t Shoot," Janelle Monae’s "Hell You Talmbout," Usher’s "Chains," and many others serving as unofficial anthems and soundtracks for members and allies of the movement. In this collection of critical studies, contributors draw from ethnographic research and personal encounters to illustrate how scholarly research of, approaches to, and teaching about the role of music in the Black Lives Matter movement can contribute to public awareness of the social, economic, political, scientific, and other forms of injustices in our society. Each chapter in Black Lives Matter and Music focuses on a particular case study, with the goal to inspire and facilitate productive dialogues among scholars, students, and the communities we study. From nuanced snapshots of how African American musical genres have flourished in different cities and the role of these genres in local activism, to explorations of musical pedagogy on the American college campus, readers will be challenged to think of how activism and social justice work might appear in American higher education and in academic research. Black Lives Matter and Music provokes us to examine how we teach, how we conduct research, and ultimately, how we should think about the ways that black struggle, liberation, and identity have evolved in the United States and around the world.
Author : Omari L. Dyson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1081 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book African American Culture written by Omari L. Dyson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 1081 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering everything from sports to art, religion, music, and entrepreneurship, this book documents the vast array of African American cultural expressions and discusses their impact on the culture of the United States. According to the latest census data, less than 13 percent of the U.S. population identifies as African American; African Americans are still very much a minority group. Yet African American cultural expression and strong influences from African American culture are common across mainstream American culture—in music, the arts, and entertainment; in education and religion; in sports; and in politics and business. African American Culture: An Encyclopedia of People, Traditions, and Customs covers virtually every aspect of African American cultural expression, addressing subject matter that ranges from how African culture was preserved during slavery hundreds of years ago to the richness and complexity of African American culture in the post-Obama era. The most comprehensive reference work on African American culture to date, the multivolume set covers such topics as black contributions to literature and the arts, music and entertainment, religion, and professional sports. It also provides coverage of less-commonly addressed subjects, such as African American fashion practices and beauty culture, the development of jazz music across different eras, and African American business.
Author : Charles Earl Jones
Publisher : Black Classic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780933121966
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (219 download)
Download or read book The Black Panther Party (reconsidered) written by Charles Earl Jones and published by Black Classic Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of essays, contributed by scholars and former Panthers, is a ground-breaking work that offers thought-provoking and pertinent observations about the many facets of the Party. By placing the perspectives of participants and scholars side by side, Dr. Jones presents an insider view and initiates a vital dialogue that is absent from most historical studies.
Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781727313284
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Despite a Union victory and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, unthinkable in the previous century, a new form of suppression and violence descended on the African-American population. "Reconstruction" is employed as a generic term for the period that followed the American Civil War. Suggesting a successful rejuvenation of a war-ravaged South, it lamentably gave way to a resurrection of the same white ruling class and slave-owner mentality, protecting the status quo in the legislatures and courts. With the distortion of Reconstruction's intent came a body of racial policy and a tacitly understood social code that barred the pre-war slave class from personal freedom and opportunity, at the risk of great personal violence for anyone who objected. The arduous task of overthrowing Jim Crow codes and legislation marked one of the first strides toward the modern struggle for ethnic equality in American society and required nearly a century of struggle. That effort spawned a multitude of heroic African-American activists, but it is remembered in large part for the work of two iconic African-American men of stature. Much like their later counterparts, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, the debate between gradual integration through temporary accommodation and overtly insistent activism was led by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. From 1890-1915, the most influential black man in America was Booker T. Washington, who less than 35 years earlier had been born into slavery. The young boy worked laboriously until emancipation before going on to seek an education, and by the time he was 40, he was consolidating a network of supporters that came to be known as the "Tuskegee Machine," helping coordinate action with the support of black businesses, religious communities, and others. Using his position of power, Washington spoke out against Jim Crow laws and Southern disfranchisement of blacks. Despite being so recognized, and perhaps in part because of it, by the early 20th century, Washington's tactics were questioned by other black leaders, notably W. E. B. Du Bois, who wanted to protest more vehemently in an effort to secure civil rights. Washington, 12 years Du Bois' senior, entered the field of education and founded the famous Tuskegee Institute based on his vision of what a population emerging from generations of slavery required in order to successfully integrate into modern life. His position was simply one of incremental entry by the provision of industrial education and political accommodation. He urged blacks to accept discrimination in the short term and concentrate on elevating themselves, thereby proving themselves through hard work and material prosperity. Du Bois would have none of that, believing it amounted to an approval of the Jim Crow regime of the South and a passive acceptance of racism. In opposition, he and other black leaders organized the Niagara Movement, citing opposition to Washington's moral leadership of the movement and marking their determination to fight for full civil equality for black Americans. The movement did not gain much traction, but it was in direct line of ascension to the much more influential National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Although Du Bois' name is still (and somewhat inexplicably) less well-known than that of Washington, his prolific writings serve as a bedrock to the modern social engines at work in the pursuit of racial equality in America. In his life and experience of nearly a century, he spanned the administrations of Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Baines Johnson, dying only one day before King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Author : Kevin K. Gaines
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146960647X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Uplifting the Race written by Kevin K. Gaines and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the violent racism prevalent at the turn of the twentieth century, African American cultural elites, struggling to articulate a positive black identity, developed a middle-class ideology of racial uplift. Insisting that they were truly representative of the race's potential, black elites espoused an ethos of self-help and service to the black masses and distinguished themselves from the black majority as agents of civilization; hence the phrase 'uplifting the race.' A central assumption of racial uplift ideology was that African Americans' material and moral progress would diminish white racism. But Kevin Gaines argues that, in its emphasis on class distinctions and patriarchal authority, racial uplift ideology was tied to pejorative notions of racial pathology and thus was limited as a force against white prejudice. Drawing on the work of W. E. B. Du Bois, Anna Julia Cooper, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Hubert H. Harrison, and others, Gaines focuses on the intersections between race and gender in both racial uplift ideology and black nationalist thought, showing that the meaning of uplift was intensely contested even among those who shared its aims. Ultimately, elite conceptions of the ideology retreated from more democratic visions of uplift as social advancement, leaving a legacy that narrows our conceptions of rights, citizenship, and social justice.
Author : Clyde Posley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781718659797
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (597 download)
Download or read book More Than Icons and Images written by Clyde Posley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the Mandinka warriors who were forced to engage in slave fights by racist plantation owners for over 150 years, sports have consistently emerged as an inter-woven part of American society. Equally notable within sports' social emergence throughout the aforementioned time-span is the evolving intersectionality between politics, race, and sports. Racial disparity within front office leadership, backlash for voicing political abstention from patriotic traditions, and gender inequitably relating to salary are just a few of the political issues embedded in America's extensive historic fascination with sports. It is therefore reasonable and for many understandable that the axioms of athletic struggle and social power struggle would intersect and create political theater in the US. Throughout the history of the American political landscape's evolution, there has existed a type of interconnectivity tethering race, subjugation and notions of political progress or cultural domination to class and culture. According to theorist Patrick Miller, "Sports has held a prominent political place within American society for over 150 years" (Race and sports: The struggle for equality on and off the field, 2004 p.149). On October 16th 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico, that political place of prominence would be communicated to a global audience by two Black male American Olympians in unprecedented fashion. In an article entitled "Mandela Knew Sports had the Power to End Apartheid," columnist Patrick Collins explains that Nelson Mandela, the legendary South African activist and politician, stood as "one of the 20th century's most notable figures for his efforts to end apartheid" (Mail on Sunday, p.24). While he used a combination of methods to dismantle South Africa's system of institutionalized racism, sports were an invaluable resource that Mandela used to usher in social change. While addressing 65,000 soccer fans at the 1995 World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, he used the transformative and unifying power of sports to promote change. In the speech, Mandela exhorted, "Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sports can awaken hope where there is previously only despair it is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers..." (Collins, 1995, 2013 p.24). Unlike conventional protests and even diplomacy, Mandela asserts that sports competitions are spaces in which healing can transcend cultures, social conditions, and even inequality. Mandela posits that "sport" is a social device that has the potential to bring impactful change. Mandela's claim raises the questions of how do some who are involved with athletic competition in some capacity gain the sociopolitical aptitude to use sports for political gains? Is there a political price levied against those who dare to engage in turning athletic competitions into social spaces of political discourse? These and other questions serve as the cornerstones for an analysis that will investigate the idealistic and philosophical influences that propelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos to participate in the iconic 1968 Summer Olympic medal-stand protest. For African Americans, in particular, the country's relationship with sports has produce a plethora of experiences and perspectives This book steps into this major social discourse through the lens of one of America's most iconic uses of sports as a platform to use embodied voice as a means of political resistance: The 1968 Medal Stand Protest in Mexico City, Mexico by Tommie Smith and John Carlos. In doing so, it is my hope that grappling with the nuances of the fascinating synergy between sports and political representation and studying the role of athletics and political achievement will forge new avenues of voice among Black athletic performances.
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Author : Jessie Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313357978
Total Pages : 1916 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes] written by Jessie Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 1916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume encyclopedia contains compelling and comprehensive information on African American popular culture that will be valuable to high school students and undergraduates, college instructors, researchers, and general readers. From the Apollo Theater to the Harlem Renaissance, from barber shop and beauty shop culture to African American holidays, family reunions, and festivals, and from the days of black baseball to the era of a black president, the culture of African Americans is truly unique and diverse. This diversity is the result of intricate customs forged in tightly woven communities—not only in the United States, but in many cases also stemming from the traditions of another continent. Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture presents information in a traditional A–Z organization, capturing the essence of the customs of African Americans and presenting this rich cultural heritage through the lens of popular culture. Each entry includes historical and current information to provide a meaningful background for the topic and the perspective to appreciate its significance in a modern context. This encyclopedia is a valuable research tool that provides easy access to a wealth of information on the African American experience.
Author : Fabio Rojas
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801899710
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book From Black Power to Black Studies written by Fabio Rojas and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are more than a hundred Black Studies degree programs in the United States, many of them located in America’s elite research institutions. In From Black Power to Black Studies, Fabio Rojas explores how this radical social movement evolved into a recognized academic discipline. Rojas traces the evolution of Black Studies over more than three decades, beginning with its origins in black nationalist politics. His account includes the 1968 Third World Strike at San Francisco State College, the Ford Foundation’s attempts to shape the field, and a description of Black Studies programs at various American universities. His statistical analyses of protest data illuminate how violent and nonviolent protests influenced the establishment of Black Studies programs. Integrating personal interviews and newly discovered archival material, Rojas documents how social activism can bring about organizational change. Shedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system.
Author : Ollie Johnson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547016
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Black Political Organizations in the Post-Civil Rights Era written by Ollie Johnson and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know a great deal about civil rights organizations during the 1960s, but relatively little about black political organizations since that decade. Questions of focus, accountability, structure, and relevance have surrounded these groups since the modern Civil Rights Movement ended in 1968. Political scientists Ollie A. Johnson III and Karin L. Stanford have assembled a group of scholars who examine the leadership, membership, structure, goals, ideology, activities, accountability, and impact of contemporary black political organizations and their leaders. Questions considered are: How have these organizations adapted to the changing sociopolitical and economic environment? What ideological shifts, if any, have occurred within each one? What issues are considered important to black political groups and what strategies are used to implement their agendas? The contributors also investigate how these organizations have adapted to changes within the black community and American society as a whole. Organizations covered include well-known ones such as the NAACP, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Urban League, and the Congress of Racial Equality, as well as organizations such as the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Religious groups, including black churches and the Nation of Islam, are also considered.
