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Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
A People’S Journey, A Nation’S Past: The National Museum Of African American History And Culture, Danielle E. Jones
A People’S Journey, A Nation’S Past: The National Museum Of African American History And Culture, Danielle E. Jones
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On September 24, 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture was opened to the public after almost two decades of planning and more than a century of fighting for a memorial for African Americans. Starting in 1915, when a group of United States Colored Troops sought a memorial for their fallen soldiers, African Americans have worked to have their history remembered on a national scale. A congressional commission for a museum dedicated to African Americans was signed in 1929 by Calvin Coolidge, but the stock market crash in October prevented the museum from being built. The memorial …
Attacking Multiple Fronts: The Tuskegee Airmen As Pioneers Of Military Integration, Kaylyn L. Sawyer
Attacking Multiple Fronts: The Tuskegee Airmen As Pioneers Of Military Integration, Kaylyn L. Sawyer
Student Publications
Military service has long been associated with citizenship, and blacks have been part of every American war since the founding of this nation. Five thousand fought in the Revolutionary War, 180,000 fought in segregated units during the Civil War, and 380,000 enrolled in World War One. Although black participation increased with each major conflict, only 42,000 of the blacks in World War One belonged to combat units, a result of 20th century racial tensions that turned opinion against the use of black soldiers. Segregation persisted within the military establishment, including military aviation, through World War Two. Within a span of …
Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2016, Musselman Library
Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2016, Musselman Library
Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter
From the Dean (Robin Wagner)
Library Exhibits
GettDigital: Sports Reels
Research Reflections: The Gettysburg Superstar (Devin McKinney)
Remembering 9/12
Will Power: 400 Years After the Bard
Treasure Island (Robin Wagner)
Margin of Error
A Call to Activism in the Summer of '65 (Richard Hutch '67)
Digital Scholarship: The New Frontier (Julia Wall '19, Lauren White '18, Keira Koch '19)
Scrapbooks and Photo Albums: Snapshots of History (Clara A. Baker '30)
Soldiers' Scrapbooks (Laura Bergin '17)
A Book of Dreams (Alexa Schreier)
Who Do You Think You Are? (Timothy Shannon)
From Professor-Student to Collaborators (Jesse Siegel '16)
The Mysterious Easel Monument …
"We Are Americans, Too:" Interracial Relations In Detroit's Postwar Auto Industry, Andrew C. Nosti
"We Are Americans, Too:" Interracial Relations In Detroit's Postwar Auto Industry, Andrew C. Nosti
Student Publications
This analysis looks at the interracial relations and conflicts within the postwar Detroit auto industry. In doing so, it examines the role the UAW, the government, the corporations, and the workers themselves played, and how race and/or gender contributed to interactive negotiations within the employment sector at the time.
From The Ashes Of Glory: The Rise And Fall Of Jackson Ward, Jeffrey L. Lauck
From The Ashes Of Glory: The Rise And Fall Of Jackson Ward, Jeffrey L. Lauck
Student Publications
This paper uses primary and secondary research to analyze the political, economic, and social factors that created Jackson Ward as a separate, alternative space for black Richmonders. In addition, this paper analyzes the key institutions that made up Jackson Ward as well as the reasons surrounding its decline following desegregation.
49-Cent Commemorative Stamp: National Museum Of African American History And Culture, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
49-Cent Commemorative Stamp: National Museum Of African American History And Culture, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection
National Museum of African American History and Culture Commemorative Stamp – 49-cent Commemorative Stamp, sheet of 20 stamps. First issued September 24, 2016.
Owens, Nellie, 1912-2007 (Sc 3051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, Nellie, 1912-2007 (Sc 3051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3051. W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) sewing notebook of Nellie Owens, Louisville, Kentucky, containing fabric swatches and sewing samples.
The Ethics Of Reparations For Slavery, Kyla A. Jermin
The Ethics Of Reparations For Slavery, Kyla A. Jermin
Philosophy Summer Fellows
Reparations has always been a lingering topic in American history – one that is heavily discussed, but never quite put into action. Though there are many who agree that payment is owed for slavery, or that a crime was committed, they are often dissuaded by various issues, or by the idea that reparations are “too divisive” and would encourage racial dissension. In my project, I address these arguments, and establish a case for reparations and the ethical responsibility behind it. My project explores themes of duty, responsibility, and compensation for wrongdoing as applied to the American slave trade. In this …
Black Praxis: The Trace Of Jamesian Pragmatism In Duboisian Scholar Activism, Jerome D. Clarke
Black Praxis: The Trace Of Jamesian Pragmatism In Duboisian Scholar Activism, Jerome D. Clarke
Student Publications
Philosophy and activism formed a mutualist relationship in regards to 20th-century Black American politics. Emancipatory theories undergirded the civil disobedience and reformist action of the entire century. W.E.B. DuBois, renowned African-American academic at the forefront of American and Pan-Africanist liberation movements, is often divorced from his originary philosophical roots. As he became the first Black PhD graduate of Harvard University, his mentor was philosopher and psychologist William James. James is the forefather of American Pragmatism, a school of thought still alive and dynamic in this day. DuBoisian scholars tend however to stress the German Idealist influences on DuBois’s thought. Informed …
Carter, Lillie Mae (Bland), 1919-1982 (Mss 558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Lillie Mae (Bland), 1919-1982 (Mss 558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 558. This collection documents native Kentuckian Lillie Mae (Bland) Carters’ work as a poet and public school teacher in Toledo, Ohio. It includes correspondence, publications, unpublished poems, and printed material pertinent to her educational career and achievements. Of particular note is a folder of letters and autographs from African American poet Langston Hughes.
Causing Conversation: Civil War Memory In Beyoncé’S “Formation”, Anika N. Jensen
Causing Conversation: Civil War Memory In Beyoncé’S “Formation”, Anika N. Jensen
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Not only did Beyoncé slay in her latest music video, but she got historical. Her single "Formation" touches on feminism, oppression, sexuality, and police brutality, and her video offers a visual representation for the overall theme of African American cultural ownership. It is, of course, an essential message for contemporary discussion, and the formerly-silenced subject is beginning to achieve prevalence in the music industry, but there is something special and bold about Beyoncé’s take on race: by appealing to Civil War memory and forcing viewers to accept the African American struggle for life, freedom, and success, she is shattering perceptions …
Another Day In Confederate Gettysburg, Scott Hancock
Another Day In Confederate Gettysburg, Scott Hancock
Africana Studies Faculty Publications
Today the Sons of Confederate Veterans ‘celebrated’ the confederate flag at the Peace Light Memorial on the battlefields of Gettysburg. The same battlefields where some of their ancestors suffered a pivotal defeat, and then kidnapped free Black Americans as they fled south. When I found out the SCV had obtained a permit from the National Park Service, I did likewise so I could stand up there with my homemade sign that connects the confederate flag to some of its most seminal moments in history: fighting for slavery in 1863, fighting for segregation in 1962, and murdering nine black South Carolinians …
Challenging Lincoln: How Gettysburg’S Lincoln-Centric Emancipation Narrative Has Overshadowed Local Black History, Jeffrey L. Lauck
Challenging Lincoln: How Gettysburg’S Lincoln-Centric Emancipation Narrative Has Overshadowed Local Black History, Jeffrey L. Lauck
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
When it comes to symbols of emancipation, President Abraham Lincoln is king. No other person is more associated with the abolition of slavery than "The Great Emancipator" himself. This holds true in Gettysburg just as much as it does throughout the country. Only last September, Gettysburg College erected a statue of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation in the hope that it would "promote the discussion of race relations in America today." Yet when it comes to commemorating and remembering the struggle for emancipation, Lincoln is far from the only face that we should look to in our historic town. …
Black Heritage Stamp Series: Richard Allen, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Black Heritage Stamp Series: Richard Allen, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection
Informational pages for Richard Allen Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Richard Allen. First issued February 2, 2016, 39th in a series.
An Early Black Cemetery On York Street, Andrew I. Dalton
An Early Black Cemetery On York Street, Andrew I. Dalton
Student Publications
Many are familiar with William H. Tipton, a well-known local photographer who recorded iconic views of the town, battlefield, and monuments surrounding Gettysburg. What many people may not know is that Tipton built a house in the early 1900s right on top of Gettysburg’s first African-American cemetery. [excerpt]
Reparations For Racism: Why The Persistence Of Institutional Racism In America Demands More Than Equal Opportunity For Black Citizens, Alexander Lowe
Reparations For Racism: Why The Persistence Of Institutional Racism In America Demands More Than Equal Opportunity For Black Citizens, Alexander Lowe
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
No abstract provided.
Burnt Offerings: How The City Of Angels Engulfed Any And All Involved In The Rodney King Affair And Los Angeles Riots, Michael P. Mcnamara
Burnt Offerings: How The City Of Angels Engulfed Any And All Involved In The Rodney King Affair And Los Angeles Riots, Michael P. Mcnamara
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
This thesis analyses the first modern case of police brutality and race relations - the beating of Rodney King and the 1992 Riots that followed. The roots of the gravity of this situation can be found in the the leadership of the city during that time. The thesis tells the story of the juxtaposition of the black, Democratic Mayor of Los Angeles (Tom Bradley) and the white, Republican Los Angeles Police Chief (Daryl Gates). Though both have a very mixed legacy, both men were highly effective in their respective fields and goals. It is their inability to work together and …