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Cultural memory and African American southern identity: an introduction -- Ghosts of Nat Turner: African American Civil War reenactment and the performance of historical agency, citizenship, and masculinity -- So that the dead may finally speak: space, place, and the transformational rhetoric of Black history museums -- From old south to new media: museum informatics, narrative, and the production of critical history -- Conclusion: southern identities in the twenty-first century

Abstract  Formal developmental disabilities services are often underutilized, especially by low‐income African‐American families. This study examined the basis for interactions and service use preferences of African‐American woman who cared for an adult female child with a disability. Diverse African‐American perspectives were observed by analyzing the discourse of 11 low‐income African‐American carers using a direct informant interview technique. Two distinct discourses were identified: a "secular professional" discourse and a "spiritual kin" discourse. Families using the secular professional discourse made use of formal developmental disabilities services in a manner similar to European‐American heritage families. Families using the spiritual kin discourse tended to rely on natural or informal supports rather than the developmental disabilities service system, as the system did not exemplify the values that these families profess. It was observed that the discourses result in two distinct worldviews, and two distinct ways of accessing the developmental disabilities system. Recommendations are proffered for changes within the developmental disabilities service system to accommodate diverse cultures and families. A key recommendation involves modifying the system to accommodate worldviews of disability other than the currently used scientific biomedical view.

Case studies are used to reveal how 16 foreign-born African American males turn barriers into opportunities. The implicit & explicit motivational factors that assist them in maximizing their fullest potential in mainstream US society are discussed. 28 References. Adapted from the source document.

There are many misconceptions about African American health that have subtle and continuing influence on health policy debates. Unfortunately, many of the misconceptions surrounding African American health have an implicit historical dimension, and the usual response for the lack of evidence in support of any myth is that "the data does not exist" to shed full light on the given question. This is unfortunate as there is now a growing body of evidence pertaining to the historical health of the African American population, and this data is currently being used to uncover a number of facts about the historical dynamics of African American health. In this paper, we show that our historical data on the health of African Americans is wholly lacking and at the same time show that one prominent myth about trends in African American health does not stand up to historical investigation. We conclude with a brief note about where this research is headed and what future topics should be explored in African American economic and health history.

In Rooted in the Earth, environmental historian Dianne D. Glave overturns the stereotype that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. In tracing the history of African Americans' relationship with the environment, emphasizing the unique preservation-conservation aspect of black environmentalism, and using her storytelling skills to re-create black naturalists of the past, Glave reclaims the African American heritage of the land

It's easy to fall in love and to get married. But what does it really mean to be married? And how do you stay married? In Becoming Married, Staying Married, couples will be encouraged to see marriage as a process that never ends. Together they will reflect on current realities particular to African American couples. They will also discover.

The following is a "conversation" between two of the most prominent and prolific African American scholars and intellectuals, bell hooks and Carter G. Woodson. Though their works were published more than 60 years apart, many of the issues Woodson addressed in his now-classic work, The Miseducation of the Negro, remain significant for African American intellectuals today. What is education? And what does is mean to truly "transgress" the boundaries of tradition?

Implications for the Democratic party of the tendency of African American Democratic legislators to have longer careers in the House than other legislators.