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Title: Introduction to African American Studies


1
Introduction to African American Studies
  • Africans in America

2
Definition
  • . . . A field of study that systematically
    treats the past and present experiences,
    characteristics, achievements, issues and
    problems of Black citizens of the United States
    who are of African origin and background.

3
It is . . .
  • Dialectic
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Contextual
  • Evolving
  • Dynamic
  • Wholistic
  • African
  • American

4
Course Breakdown
  • Purpose
  • Initiation and Development of African American
    Studies
  • History of Africans in America
  • Sociology
  • Black Psychology
  • Politics
  • Economic
  • Arts and Humanities

5
Purpose
  • Why

6
Foundation
  • Philosophy
  • Culture
  • Aesthetics
  • Historical
  • Slavery
  • Racism
  • Separatism
  • Desegregation
  • Black Power
  • Black Art
  • Black Capitalism
  • Black Nationalism
  • Education

7
Some Key Players
  • David Walker
  • (1785-1830)
  • Phillis Wheatley
  • (1753-1784)
  • Maria Stewart
  • (1803-1879)
  • Henry Highland Garnet
  • (1815-1882)
  • Frederick Douglass
  • (1817-1895)
  • William Edward Burghardt DuBois
  • (1868-1963)
  • Booker T Washington
  • (1856-1915)
  • Carter G Woodson
  • (1875-1950)
  • E Franklin Frazier
  • (1894-1962)
  • Charles S Johnson
  • (1893-1956)
  • Alain Leroy Locke
  • (1886-1954)
  • Marcus Garvey
  • (1887-1940)

8
Booker T. Washington1856-1915
  • Born a slave in 1856 in Virginia he was
    provisionally allowed to enroll in Hampton
    Institute.
  • He turned out to be an extraordinary student and
    speaker.
  • The principle of the institute recommended that
    he start his own school which he did.
  • It became known as Tuskegee Institute.

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9
Anna Julia Cooper
  • Women's Cause is One and Universal

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Ida B Wells Barnett
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Mary Church Terrell
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12
W E B DuBois1868-1963
  • Born in Great Barrington, MA he became a social
    scientist, social activist, and political
    philosopher.
  • He received his PhD from Harvard University and
    used scientific method to understand the
    development, nature and contributions of the
    Black community.
  • He was one of the founders of the NAACP.

13
Carter G. Woodson1875-1950
  • This native of Virginia was born to parents who
    were slaves at one time.
  • The father of Black history.
  • He was instrumental in reestablishing the
    importance of black history and he provided the
    philosophical basis and rationale for Black
    intellectual and educational independence.
  • He initiated Negro History Week in 1926.

14
Alain Leroy Locke1886-1954
  • Born in Philadelphia, PA he was the first Black
    Rhodes scholar.
  • He received his PhD from Harvard in 1918.
  • He was an educator and philosopher who laid a lot
    of the the theoretical ground work for African
    American studies.
  • He is also noted for being one of the
    interpreters of the Harlem Renaissance.

15
Marcus Garvey1887-1940
  • Born in the Jamaica, West Indies he became a
    strong proponent of Black Nationalism and of a
    Black Nation.
  • He instilled pride in Blacks and encouraged them
    to fight racism.
  • He successfully started a black shipping line.
  • He accentuated Black achievement which rival
    achievement of others ethnic groups.

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16
Zora Neale Hurston
  • Born in 1891?
  • One of Americas most prolific writers

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17
Charles S. Johnson1893-1956
  • Born in Bristol, VA this sociologist was the
    first Black president of Fisk University.
  • He applied good research methodology and analysis
    in understanding African Americans.
  • He used his analysis and findings to demonstrate
    the destructiveness of racism on Blacks.

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18
E. Franklin Frazier1894-1962
  • Born in Baltimore, MD Frazier became the leading
    authority of Black family life.
  • His work Black Bourgeoisie caused quite a stir in
    the African American community because of its
    depiction of middle class Blacks
  • He was an integrationist and assimilationist.

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19
David Walker1785-1830
  • Born in 1785 in Wilmington, NC
  • Author, abolitionist, activist.
  • Tailor by trade an abolitionist by calling.
  • Moved to Boston in 1827.
  • Wrote David Walkers Appeal.
  • Advocated violence to end slavery.

20
Phillis Wheatley1753-1784
  • Poet born in Africa in 1753.
  • Was purchased by Susannah Wheatley of Boston.
  • She was educated by her mistress.
  • She mastered Greek and became a poet
    extraordinaire.
  • She eventually married a free black man by the
    name of John Peters.
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    in.html

21
Maria Stewart1803-1879
  • Born in Hartford, CT was orphaned at 5.
  • Despite her limited education she became a
    leading exponent of abolishing slavery and
    womens rights.

22
Henry Highland Garnet 1815-1882
  • Born a slave in Maryland, escaped with parents
    and moved to Penn in 1824.
  • Graduated from Oneida institute and became an
    outstanding scholar minister, writer, and
    educator.
  • On one hand he believed in America, and the
    principles of the Constitution and recruited for
    the Civil War.
  • On the other hand he opposed whites and rejected
    democratic materialism.
  • Represents double consciousness.

23
Frederick Douglass 1817-1895
  • Born into slavery and escaped in 1838.
  • Abolitionist who embraced integration.
  • Was an articulate spokesperson for African
    America rights.
  • Considered a black philosopher and ideologist.
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