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A history of service -- African Americans during the Revolution -- African Americans bearing arms -- Fighting for freedom -- Henry O. Flipper and other West Point graduates -- Continued exclusion and segregation -- The first African American Commander in Chief

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Entries; Preface; Introduction; BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES; Anderson, James, Jr.; Anderson, Webster; Archer, Lee "Buddy," Jr.; Ashley, Eugene, Jr.; Austin, Oscar Palmer; Baker, Edward L., Jr.; Baker, Vernon; Barnes, William H.; Beaty, Powhatan; Bell, Dennis; Blake, Robert; Boyne, Thomas; Branch, Buddie; Brown, Jesse LeRoy; Brown, Roscoe C., Jr.; Bryant, William Maud; Bullard, Eugene Jacques; Bussey, Charles M.; Carney, William H.; Carter, Edward Allen, Jr.; Charlton, Cornelius; Cherry, Fred Vann; Corbin, Todd; Crecy, Warren G.H.

Meet the black Achievers who attained the American Dream-from the early years to modern times"This wonderful book should be required reading for young people, who will learn how some of the nation's most successful Black men and women became role models."-Joyce Ladner, Ph.D.Robert Sengstacke AbbottTyra BanksMatel "Mat" Dawson Jr.Joe L. Dudley Sr.Kenneth "Babyface" EdmondsS. B. FullerArthur George GastonEarl G. GravesEarvin "Magic" JohnsonJohn H. JohnsonRobert L. JohnsonQuincy JonesShelton "Spike" Jackson LeeWilliam Alexander LeidesdorffAbraham Lincoln LewisReginald Francis LewisAnnie Turnbo Ma

The African Americans explores this particular ethnic group, presenting a remarkable array of valuable information, including entertainment, work, education, and the contributions and conflicts of African Americans to society. This informative new volume details their social history, customs, and traditions and is enhanced by further reading lists, box features, black-and-white photographs, and more

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- I History and Context of African American Studies -- 2 Danny Glover: Memories from 1968 -- 3 Pedagogy and Decolonization: Historical Refl ections on Origins of Black Studies in the United States -- 4 Toward Radical Pan-African Pedagogy and Civic Education -- 5 The "Field and Function" of Africana Studies: Insights from the Life and Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois -- II African American Studies: Theories and Methodologies -- 6 African American Studies: Discourses and Paradigms -- 7 Afrocentricity and Africology: Theory and Practice in the Discipline -- 8 Revisiting White Privilege: Pedagogy in Black Studies -- 9 Social Science Research in Africana Studies: Ethical Protocols and Guidelines -- 10 Africana Studies and Oral History: A Critical Assessment -- III Social Responsibility, Service Learning and Activism -- 11 Africana Studies and Community Service: Using the STRENGTH Model -- 12 Africana Studies and Civic Engagement -- 13 Danny Glover and Manning Marable: Activism Through Art and Scholarship -- 14 Contemporary Women of the African Diaspora: Identity, Artistic Expression and Activism -- IV Selected Areas of Scholarship in the Discipline -- 15 He Wasn't Man Enough: Black Male Studies and the Ethnological Targeting of Black Men in Nineteenth-Century Suffragist Thought -- 16 Reading Black Through the Looking Glass: Decoding the Encoding in African Diasporic Literature -- 17 Diversity and Representations of Blackness in Comic Books -- 18 Black Athletes and the Problematic of Integration in Sport -- 19 African American Music: The Ties That Bind -- 20 Afrofuturism and the Question of Visual Reparations -- 21 The Black Studies Movement in Britain -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English in the Continental U.S. -- 1 Talkin and Testifyin -- Introduction: My Subjectivities and Positionalities -- Name a Thing a Thing: About Definitions and Naming -- What to Expect -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- Digital Media -- 2 A Seat at the Table: What Are You Bringing to the Table Before We Even Get Started? -- Introduction: Real Talk -- Linguistic Prejudice -- Linguistic Shame and Denial -- Linguistic Pride and Acceptance -- Contradictions and All -- What You're Not Going to Do: Definitions, Naming, and Pet Peeves -- To HEL-or HEC-and Back: The Messiness of Having the Army and the Navy -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- Digital Media -- 3 "Put Some Respeck on My Name!": Language and Uses of Identity in African American Communities -- Introduction: How We Gon Play This? -- Who Do People Say That I Am? -- A Word on Ebonics -- What Does It Feel Like to Be a Problem? -- Say My Name! -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Digital Media -- 4 "Where Your People From?": Problematizing Origins and Development -- Introduction: Controversial History, Development, and Contested Origins -- The Deficit Hypothesis -- (Neo-)Anglicist and (Neo-)Creolist Origins Hypotheses -- Consensus Hypotheses: Substratist, Restructuralist, and Ecological -- The Divergence/Convergence Hypothesis -- My Conclusion: Periodt! -- Questions, Discussion, and Further Inquiry -- References -- Filmography -- Discography -- 5 What's Good?: A Concise Descriptivist Meta-Grammar of Language Use in African American Communities -- Introduction: We Bout to Ride Up on This Elephant.

Between the end of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of World War 2, Africans displaced by colonial rule created an African-American myth - a myth which aggrandized the life and attainments of African Americans despite full knowledge of the discrimination to which they were subjected. The myth provided Africans in all parts of the continent with much needed succour and underpinned various religious, educational, political and social models based on the experience of African Americans whereby Africans sought to better their own lives