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Weissinger Studies Impact Of Black Churches, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2013

Weissinger Studies Impact Of Black Churches, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Conjuring The Close From Afar A Border-Crossing Tale Of Vieques’ Activism And Obama-Empire, Víctor M. Torres-Vélez, Sarah Molinari, Katharine Lawrence Jan 2013

Conjuring The Close From Afar A Border-Crossing Tale Of Vieques’ Activism And Obama-Empire, Víctor M. Torres-Vélez, Sarah Molinari, Katharine Lawrence

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After more than 60 years of military occupation, 30 of these under violent military practices, a social movement forced the U.S. Navy from the island of Vieques. This victory would not have been possible without the highly effective organization of civil disobedience carried out on the island. But the sum total of the actions that eventually forced out the U.S. Navy, neither happened exclusively within the boundaries of Vieques, nor was carried out by Viequense residents alone. In this article we want to suggest that this amazing victory—a testament of people’s will in the face of globalization—is also a border- …


Teaching And Pedagogy In Africana Studies: Implications Of An African Worldview, Karanja Keita Carroll Jan 2013

Teaching And Pedagogy In Africana Studies: Implications Of An African Worldview, Karanja Keita Carroll

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The African worldview has informed much of the African centered scholarship produced within contemporary Africana/Black Studies. In doing so, the African worldview has functioned as the methodological foundation for the production, interpretation and dissemination of knowledge related to people of African ancestry. Africana Studies instructors and professors can also utilize the philosophical assumptions that inform the African worldview to create and recreate dynamic, culturally centered teaching practices. Given the central role of teaching at the undergraduate level within the discipline of Africana Studies it is crucial that instructors and professors concentrate on the development of discipline-specific pedagogical practices. This essay …


Students Of Black Theater Break Stereotypes, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2013

Students Of Black Theater Break Stereotypes, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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