Herbert Gutman’s book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750-1925 (1976), is a part of revisionist literature in reaction to earlier literature on slavery that emphasized the destructive impact of the institution on African American life. Gutman’s main purpose is to dispel the assertion made by Daniel P. Moynihan in The Negro Family in ...
Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975) (Louverture Films) 2 hrs. Starring/Featuring: Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), Eldridge Cleaver, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, Erykah Badu, Robin Kelley, Talib Kweli, Melvin Van Peebles, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Sonia Sanchez Directed and written by: Goran Hugo Olsson MPAA Rating: NR Genre: ...
When Willie Christine King Farris was born, she was so sickly that when she wasn’t crying, her tiny body would violently shake. Doctors had no answers and her parents, Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine King, could do nothing but worry. Then, after two weeks of solid crying, she stopped. “When I Didn’t hear ...
What does the average White American think when he or she sees an African- American? If it’s someone who watches a lot of television, they may assume that s/he is dumb, dishonest, lazy, and ignorant (Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, fall 2002 v44 i4 p704). Obviously these are just stereotypes, but these are just ...
The idea of buying a house in Detroit might scare you. The city has a horrible reputation. Crime. Poverty. Corruption. One look at the five o’clock news and you’d think that walking down the street put your life in danger. There are some unfortunate exceptions to the rule but most crime in the city is ...
Do you remeber the time of the Hula Hoops, Poddle Skirts and Elvis Presley? I’ve heard people say the world was better back in the 1950s and we’d be better off if America was still like that. Well I’m sure it seems that way for those that didn’t live in the 50s. We hear about ...
Throughout history, race has affected people’s lives from day to day. Whether that is in the form of employment, education, or economic status, race is a prime factor. In this race analysis, I am going to investigate relationships between different races. More specifically, I will be looking at the relationship between black and white in ...
The other week, the federal court ruled against Michigan’s ban on considering gender and race in college admissions decisions. This has refueled the conversation on affirmative action policies from both sides of the debate. Just to get an idea for why each side is able to hold water in an arguments, it’s important to look ...
If culture is understood as an aspect of life which is ever-present, then one must also understand that media, in all of its forms, is responsible for displays of culture. Whether they are represented in magazines or on film, aspects of Black culture are displayed in ways which seek to illustrate the greater Black experience. ...
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