Disciplinary Foundations of Black Studies
Africana Studies programs were first established in US academic institutions in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as a direct result of Black student and community activism. This time period is now commonly referred to as the Black Campus Movement. While the Black Campus Movement led to the formalization of African Studies as a discipline, the struggle for Black education extends back to the period of enslavement. Africana or Black Studies is an ongoing project that seeks justice and liberation for Black people through education, teaching, and research.
This page focuses on the discipline of Africana Studies, by highlighting notable scholars who have made significant contributions to the field. This page also features a small selection of foundational disciplinary readings available through the UConn Library.
Black Studies - Historical Perspectives
Encyclopedia of Black Studies by Call Number: eBook & Print: E185 .E554 2005ISBN: 9780761927624Publication Date: 2004-12-09
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies by Call Number: E185.86 .A4 1982ISBN: 9780912670959Publication Date: 1993-01-01
The Black Studies Reader by Call Number: eBook & Print: E184.7 .B56 2004ISBN: 9780203491348Publication Date: 2004-05-15First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
An Introduction to Black Studies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813196923Publication Date: 2023-01-31
Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: intellectuals confront the African American experience by
What constitutes black studies and where does this discipline stand at the end of the twentieth century? In this wide-ranging and original volume, Manning Marable--one of the leading scholars of African American history--gathers key materials from contemporary thinkers who interrogate the richly diverse content and multiple meanings of the collective experiences of black folk. Here are numerous voices expressing very different political, cultural, and historical views, from black conservatives, to black separatists, to blacks who advocate radical democratic transformation. Here are topics ranging from race and revolution in Cuba, to the crack epidemic in Harlem, to Afrocentrism and its critics. All of these voices, however, are engaged in some aspect of what Marable sees as the essential triad of the black intellectual tradition: describing the reality of black life and experiences, critiquing racism and stereotypes, or proposing positive steps for the empowerment of black people. Highlights from Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: * Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Manning Marable debate the role of activism in black studies. * John Hope Franklin reflects on his role as chair of the President's race initiative. * Cornel West discusses topics that range from the future of the NAACP through the controversies surrounding Louis Farrakhan and black nationalism to the very question of what "race" means. * Amiri Baraka lays out strategies for a radical new curriculum in our schools and universities. * Marable's introduction provides a thorough overview of the history and current state of black studies in America.
Call Number: E184.7 .D57 2000ISBN: 9780231114769Publication Date: 2000-03-30
Black Studies - Key Readings
Black Sexual Politics by Call Number: E185.86 .C58167 2004ISBN: 9780415930994Publication Date: 2004-01-27
The Souls of Black Folk by Call Number: E185.6 .D797 1999ISBN: 9780393973938Publication Date: 1999-04-17
Black Studies Today & Tomorrow
Notable Scholars
Abdul Alkalimat (Gerald A. McWorter)
Akasha Gloria Hull
Ali Mazuri
Angela Y. Davis
bell hooks
Carter G. Woodson
Cornel West
Frantz Fanon
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Manning Marable
Melville J. Herskovits
Molefi Kete Asante
Patricia Hill Collins
Perry Hall
Paul Gilroy
Robin D. G. Kelley
Stuart Hall
W. E. B. DuBois
Zora Neale Hurston
