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A Dark Record: Criminal Discourse And The African American Literary Project, 1721-1864, Brian Baaki
A Dark Record: Criminal Discourse And The African American Literary Project, 1721-1864, Brian Baaki
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A Dark Record charts the emergence and traces the evolution of a central figure in American culture, the myth of the black criminal. It does so both to explore the ideological effects of print, and to present an alternative history of African American literature. Historians have long maintained that the association of African Americans with crime solidified in our national culture during the post-Reconstruction period, the nadir for African American civil rights, with a corresponding rise in the over-policing of black individuals and communities. For its part, my study looks back from the post-Reconstruction period, and examines the role earlier …
The Messenger (1917-1928), A Yemisi Jimoh,
The Messenger (1917-1928), A Yemisi Jimoh,
Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series
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The Messenger (1917-1928), A Yęmisi Jimoh,
The Messenger (1917-1928), A Yęmisi Jimoh,
A Yęmisi Jimoh
Article on the Messenger magazine.