A Turbulent Voyage Readings in African

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

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

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