African American consciousness : past and present / James L. Conyers, Jr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conyers, James L., Jr.

Series:

Africana studies ; v. 4.

Africana studies ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

190 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

This is the fourth edition of the serial Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, offering nine essays on issues of culture, race, and class within the interdisciplinary matrix of Africana studies. Contributors are professors of arts and sciences, Africana studies, black studies, and health and human performance. Some subjects discussed are the inconvenient historical and present-day truths laid bare by Hurricane Katrina, the legacy of Malcolm X's leadership, the Barack Obama campaign for change in a networked world, and writings by, for, and about women in Muhammad Speaks newspaper, 1961-1975. Conyers directs the Center for the Study of African American Culture at the University of Houston. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / James L. Conyers, Jr

Black consciousness, pan-Africanism, and the African world history project : the case of Africana studies for African cultural development / Greg E. Carr

A genealogical review of the worldview concept and framework in Africana studies-related theory and research / Karanja Keita Carroll

Teaching Black males : cooperative learning and the problem of implementation / Serie McDougal III

Cowboys of color : the perceived sociocultural significance of U2 rodeo / Demetrius W. Pearson

Heirs to despair-ity : New Orleans, African Americans, and the inconvenient historical and present-day truths laid bare by Hurricane Katrina / Pamela D. Reed

Malcolm X's leadership and legacy : from the grassroots to African diaspora / Andrew P. Smallwood

Reflections on African celestial culture / Denise Martin

Black history dot com : the Black Atlantic, the Barack Obama campaign for "change," and implications for change and stability in a networked world / Reynaldo S. Anderson

"Raising her voice' : writings by, for and about women in Muhammad speaks newspaper, 1961-1975" / Bayyinah S. Jeffries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412843072

1412843073

OCLC:

723529145