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An Exploration Of Worship Practices At An African American Church Of Christ, Lamont Ali Francies

Doctoral Dissertations

The identity of the African American Churches of Christ is deeply rooted in the American struggle for racial equality. Without a formal governing body, the Churches of Christ have survived throughout the majority of the 20th century without making an official stance on racial relations. Many leaders in the religious movement have claimed racial immunity but have not addressed the evident division among ethnic lines. This study explored the extent of cultural influence that Caucasian Churches of Christ have on African American congregations.

This study observed these influences and how they shape religious culture and tradition in Black churches. The …

In The Shadow Of Du Bois: Afro-Modern Political Thought In America. By Robert Gooding- Williams. (Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2009)., Ronald Sundstrom

Philosophy

Robert Gooding-Williams’s In The Shadow of Du Bois: Afro Modern Political Thought In America offers several contributions to political theory and African American philosophy and politics.1 His conception of “Afro-Modern Politics” sharpens our understanding of the history and tradition of African American political thought, and his analyses of W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Blacks Folks and Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom adds to and challenges various debates about their politics and legacies.2 Gooding-Williams applies the insights from his comparative analysis of Du Bois and Douglass to distinguish a conception of politics as rule from a conception of …

Fevered Desires And Interracial Intimacies In Jungle Fever, Ronald Sundstrom

Philosophy

Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever centers on a sexual affair between a black man, Flipper, and a white, Italian American woman, Angela. This pairing centers on the type of interracial relationship and pairing (black man plus white woman) typically obsessed about in discussions of interracial romances. It is also the pairing offered by Left radicals, such as Frantz Fanon in Black Skins, White Masks (1952), as the prototype of racial revolution. The title of Julius Lester’s black nationalist classic Look Out, Whitey! Black Power’s Gonna Get Your Mama! (1969), dramatically illustrates this view. Lee’s Jungle Fever upsets this radical stance by …

Frederick Douglass's Longing For The End Of Race, Ronald Sundstrom

Philosophy

Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) argued that newly emancipated black Americans should assimilate into Anglo-American society and culture. Social assimilation would then lead to the entire physical amalgamation of the two groups, and the emergence of a new intermediate group that would be fully American. He, like those who were to follow, was driven by a vision of universal human fraternity in the light of which the varieties of human difference were incidental and far less important than the ethical, religious, and political idea of personhood. Douglass’s version of this vision was formed by natural law theories, and a Protestant Christian conception …

Coming To Voice: Exploring The Experiences Of Teacher Education And Special Education Professors Of African Descent In Institutions Of Higher Education, Kimberly L. Mayfield

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to explore the perceptions of employment experiences and the pursuit of promotion and tenure by teacher education and special education professors of African descent. This study investigated the perceptions held by teacher education and special education professors of African descent in the areas of recruitment, retention and the tenure and promotion process. Lastly, the present study engaged in an inquiry with these professors regarding their perceptions of critical areas of research needed to improve educational equity and achievement for African American students. This population was encouraged to reflect on these areas in terms …

Increasing Access To The University Of California: A Case Study Of Senate Constitutional Amendment 7, Jamillah Moore

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this case study was to examine alternatives to the admissions process for students seeking enrollment in the University of California. As the University of California was the first public university in the nation to eliminate the consideration of race within their admissions process under SP-1, this study focused on undergraduate admissions solely within this institution. In addition, SP-1 did not ban affirmative action therefore this study did not focus on it. It should be noted that the University of California Board of Regents established SP-1 based upon Governor Wilson's executive order which called for the end of …

Black Faculty Members At Usf As Of Fall 1977, Department Of Ethnic Studies

Black Student Union

List of Black faculty members 1977

Educational Services Center For Minority Students, Correspondence 1973, Educational Services Center For Minority Students, Adrienne Riley, Lloyd D. Luckmann, John Marshall, William C. Mcinnes

Black Student Union

Correspondence between Adrienne Riley, Acting Director of Educational Services Center for Minority Students, Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Dean of Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. John Marshall, Vice President of Student Development, and William C. McInnes, S.J. President of USF. Includes pamphlet from program.

Three Phases Of The Black Man, Daphyne Brown, Linda Barconey

Black Student Union

Play bill from play written and produced by Daphyne Brown and directed by Linda Barconey. Possibly 1972 but no date is given.

Meeting Minutes And Workshop Plans April 1971, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Workshop notes on the Senate, Government, and Community at University of San Francisco

Ethnic Studies Committee Meeting March 14, 1971, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Page 1 - Agenda for meeting

Page 2 - Requisitions for Fall 1971 Establishment of Ethnic Studies department

Page 3-10 - Meeting minutes

Page 11 - Letter from Samuel J. Skinner (Sun Reporter)

Page 12 -13 - Letter from Wilson Riles (superintendent of Public Instruction and Director of Education)

Black Community At The University Of San Francisco, Adrienne Landry

Black Student Union

An essay about the Black Community at University of San Francisco. Possibly written by Adrienne Landry but the document is unsigned. May 1st, 1970

Black Student Union Meeting Minutes And Notes, April 1970, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

April 13th, 1970 BSU meeting minutes and Student Body meeting minutes notes from April 30th, 1970.

Happenings Of March 2nd - 12th 1970, Black Perspective Week And Uop Vs. Usf Game, Harold Logwood, Adrienne Landry

Black Student Union

Page 1 - 3/5/1970 A letter to Chairman Al Downing requesting $4,000 for the Black Perspective Week.

Page 2 - 3/2/1970 Letter to the Student Body of McClymond High School requesting attendence of the University of San Francisco vs. University of Pacific basketball game where McClymonds is set to perform at half time.

Page 3 - 3/6/1970 BSU's Reaction to the basketball game. Harold Logwood discusses the racist behavior of the USF rooters and the subsequent "scuffle" that took place.

Page 4/5 - 3/12/1970 Urgent letter to Mohamed Ali detailing the cancellation of the Black Perspective Week and a request …

Eop Documents 1969-1970, Lloyd D. Luckmann, Educational Opportunities Program

Black Student Union

These documents include application requirements to be admitted to USF's Educational Opportunities Program (EOP), Financial Aid Guidelines, a letter from Augustine P. Donoghue, the Director of Admissions, informing students that a test is required for EOP applicants in order to be admitted, and a report detailing the costs of EOP from 1970.

President's Council Of Black Education Correspondence 1970, Albert Jonsen, Harold L. Perry, Samuel L. Kountz M.D., Terry A. Francois, Burl A. Toler

Black Student Union

Correspondence between President of USF, Albert R. Jonsen, Herold L. Perry, Samuel L. Kountz, Terry A. Francois, and Burl A. Toler regarding the creation of the President's Council of Black Education.

Black Reflections 1970, Gwen Harrison, Sandi Flewellen, Harold Logwood

Black Student Union

Black Reflections published by the BSU, 1970

Bsu Critiques Of Usf And The Administration's Response 1970, Black Student Union, Albert Jonsen

Black Student Union

This collection includes a summary of critiques of the University of San Francisco's administration and culture by the BSU (pages 1-6).

Pages 7-11 are a letter from Albert R. Jonsen, USF president detailing the steps taken so far to meet the requests of the BSU and plans for the future.

Pages 7-16 are meeting minutes from the BSU detailing remaining concerns and frustrations.

Page 17 is a letter to Mr. William Grommesch, the Director of Personnel, from Albert Jonsen stressing the importance of being an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Page 18 is a letter from Albert Jonsen to Rev. James M. …

Conference On The Role Of The Artist In The Cultural Revolution 1970, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Plan for a two-day conference "On the Role of the Artist in the Cultural Revolution"

Bill Russell Memorial Correspondence 1970, Bill Russell, Robert A. Sunderland, Harold Logwood, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Documents include a letter to Bill Russell from Robert Sunderland, V.P. of Student Affairs and Harold Logwood, Chairman of the Black Student Union notifying him USF's plan to create the Bill Russell Room in honor of the alum athlete.

Page 3 is a letter from Harold Logwood to Father Jonsen requesting the administration to issue Bill Russell an honorary degree from USF during the unveiling of the Bill Russell Room.

Pages 4-7 are BSU notes, plans and a schedule to raise money for the creation of the Bill Russell Room.

Petition Of The Bsu Proposals 1969, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

This is a petition by the Black Student Union to the Administration of University of San Francisco from 1969. The points include:

• The gymnasium to be renamed in honor of Bill Russell, the Athletic Director Pete Peletta to resign, a Black Athletes Alumni Association be formed, and that the University hire Black coaches for all sports.
• Strengthening and expansion of EOP
• Institution of the Black Studies Program
• Recruitment of Black teachers and counselors

Black Cultural Week Flyer And Bsu Newsletters 1969, Black Student Union, Joseph E. Marshall Jr.

Black Student Union

Documents include a flyer for Black Cultural Week 1969, "dedicated to slain Brother Malcolm X. The flyer shows the week's agenda. The following pages are BSU newsletters from January and February, 1969 explaining the events that will take place during Black Cultural Week, February 17-21, 1969.

Black Student Union Newsletter And Subsequent Flyers Oct. 1968, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

A BSU Newsletter from October 24, 1968 calling members to attend Black Thursday, Oct. 31, 1968 to protest the selection of White, blonde women as Homecoming Queen candidates. The newsletters asks BSU members to handout flyers and write on blackboards to promote the event. The newsletter also mentions the BSU's takeover of the Buchanan Street project SWAP, a Thanksgiving food drive, a tutoring at Sacred Heart Grammar School and a meeting at Joe Marshall's house the upcoming Saturday.

The two following pages are flyers from the Irish Student Union and the Black Student Union protesting the "institutional ethnic prejudice in …

Urban Life Institute Newsletter August 1968, Joe E. Marshall Jr.

Black Student Union

This is a newsletter from the Urban Life Institute of USF from August 19, 1968. The newsletter includes an estimate of incoming Black students, the Black Student Union's involvement with Upward Bound, the first planned Black Cultural Week at USF, a BSU tutoring program, and an attempt at securing office space for the BSU.

Organizational Plan Of The Black Student Union And First Bsu Ballot 1968, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Planning notes and format of University of San Francisco's Black Student Union, created in 1968. This group of documents includes the planned format, officers, an organizational flowchart of the BSU members, and the first BSU ballot from Tuesday, September 10th 1968.