A Turbulent Voyage Readings in African American Studies

by Hayes, Floyd W.

• ISBN13: 9780939693528
• ISBN10: 0939693526
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This anthology is designed to introduce the reader to the contours and content of African American Studies. The text and readings included here not only impart information, but seek, as their foremost goal, to precipitate in the reader an awareness of the

Table of Contents

Preface to the Student	xi
Preface to the Instructor	xix
African American Studies: Trends, Developments, and Future Challenges
Commentary	1	(4)
The Study of the Negro	5	(4)
Carter G. Woodson
The Integrationist Ethic as a Basis for Scholarly Endeavors	9	(6)
Harold Cruse
The Politics of Black Women's Studies	15	(9)
Gloria T. Hull
Barbara Smith
Black Studies, Multiculturalism and the Future of American Education	24	(10)
Manning Marable
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	34	(3)
Africa and the Diaspora: Ties That Bind
Commentary	37	(8)
African History and Western Civilization	45	(13)
Boniface Obichere
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: Some Interpretations of Their Significance in the Development of the United States and the Western World	58	(25)
C. L. R. James
Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves	83	(14)
Angela Davis
Symptoms of Liberty and Blackhead Signposts: David Walker and Nat Turner	97	(22)
Vincent Harding
Cafundo: Counterpoint on a Brazilian African Survival	119	(12)
Michael Mitchell
Spurring a Dialogue to Place the African American Experience Within the Context of an Afrocentric Philosophy	131	(13)
Lydia Lindsey
Carlton E. Wilson
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	144	(5)
Black Expressive Culture: Music and Literature
Commentary	149	(7)
Africanisms in African-American Music	156	(21)
Portia K. Maultsby
``Wild Women Don't Have the Blues'': Blues from the Black Woman's Perspective	177	(23)
Daphne Duval Harrison
Black Beauty, Black Confusion (1965-70)	200	(18)
Nelson George
How ``Bigger'' Was Born	218	(18)
Richard Wright
The Black Arts Movement	236	(10)
Larry Neal
Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature (1990)	246	(22)
Toni Morrison
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	268	(7)
Discovering the Meaning of Black Identity: Psychic Dimensions of Oppression
Commentary	275	(5)
African Philosophy: Foundations for Black Psychology	280	(13)
Wade W. Nobles
To Make Them Stand in Fear	293	(5)
Kenneth M. Stampp
Of Our Spiritual Strivings	298	(5)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	303	(2)
The Black Family: Historical and Policy Issues
Commentary	305	(6)
Historical Backgrounds of the Negro Family	311	(26)
Andrew Billingsley
The Negro Family	337	(17)
E. Franklin Frazier
The Black Family: A Critical Challenge	354	(10)
Glenn C. Loury
The Dependent Status of Black Families: A Structural Framwork II	364	(12)
William Darity
Samuel L. Myers
Emmett D. Carson
William Sabol
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	376	(3)
The African American Struggle for Literacy and Quality Education
Commentary	379	(6)
Learning to Read and Growing in Knowledge	385	(7)
Frederick Douglass
Betrayal in the Schools	392	(7)
Jewell R. C. Mazique
Race, Urban Politics, and Educational Policymaking in Washington, D.C.: A Community's Struggle for Quality Education	399	(13)
Floyd W. Hayes III
Teaching Theory, Talking Community	412	(13)
Joy James
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	425	(6)
Political Economy of the African American Situation
Commentary	431	(4)
The Demand for Black Labor: Historical Notes on the Political Economy of Racism	435	(33)
Harold M. Baron
Black Economic Well-Being Since the 1950s	468	(27)
Daniel R. Fusfeld
Timothy Bates
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	495	(4)
Racism, Resistance, and Radicalism
Commentary	499	(6)
Racist Ideology	505	(5)
Lewis R. Gordon
Letter from Birmingham City Jail	510	(11)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet	521	(13)
Malcolm X
EL-Hajj Malik EL-Shabazz
Sister Act	534	(12)
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
All Power to the People: The Political Thought of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party	546	(16)
Floyd W. Hayes, III
Frances A. Kiene, III
Anatomy of a Rebellion: A Political-Economic Analysis	562	(18)
Melvin Oliver
James H. Johnson
Walter C. Farrell, Jr.
Police Brutality as a Major Public Health Issue: The Tragic Shooting of Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Demetrius DuBose	580	(8)
Judson L. Jeffries
The Curse of Black Middle Class Leadership: A Cultural Analysis	588	(16)
Maulana Karenga
Key Terms and Supplementary Readings	604	(7)
About the Authors	611	(6)
Index	617