... Assocation (UGMA) with such a purpose in mind. They sought inspiration in the wisdom of shared historical experiences, which ranged from traditional West and West Central African cultures, through the social bonding required to survive the depredations of slavery, to communal values developed during...

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... A small, working-class enclave tucked into south central Los Angeles County, Watts played a leading role in the life of the African American community in 1965, when African Americans took to the streets en masse in response to growing social and economic inequalities. In the years that followed...

... Describes Rosemarie’s childhood in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Southside Chicago, an economically diverse African American community where dozens of her relatives lived and where many of the inhabitants were recent immigrants from the South. The chapter discusses Rosemarie’s experiences...

... This chapter examines the interconnected history of Japanese, Japanese American, and African American communities in Southern California. Doing so illustrates the dialectic between international relations and local communities, demonstrates how immigration from Asia played a fundamental role...

... Because of segregation, Los Angeles's African American community was forced to discover its own resources and resolve and despite the hardships and indignities, it responded with a vibrant social and cultural scene that would contribute substantially to shaping twentieth-century American culture...

...Communities This chapter examines the interconnected history of Japanese, Japanese American, and African American communities in Southern California. Doing so illustrates the dialectic between international relations and local communities, demonstrates how immigration from Asia played...

..., and the 1871 Orange Riots. During this period the African American community in New York fought back against the willingness of police officers to collaborate with Southern enslavers. Irish police slave patrols draft riots xenophobia ...

... the accomplishments of HBCUs and the various factors that make them successful. In her 2012 Howard University speech, she contemplates the history and origins of HBCUs, as well as their impact on African American communities and the world. The chapter concludes with a 1988 interview between Cole and Paula Giddings...

... north), and elements of the African American mystic tradition—dreams, visions, and sight. death and dying African spirituality Ella Lee Harris Freeney (“Mama Freeney”) secrecy dreams ...

... among African American communities in the South as models of “uplift.” To understand this double address, the chapter traces the ways in which uplift cinema was rhetorically related to its multimedia precursors by establishing the existing rhetorical strategies that informed the emergence of uplift...

... in I Just Love Andy Gibb . In addition to this, Rice-González also meditates on the politics of visibility and invisibility within African American and Latino communities. I Just Love Andy Gibb: A Play in One Act black queer Puerto Ricans African Americans Latinos ...

... Mexican muralism made a significant and lasting impact on the art produced by African Americans associated with the New Negro movement of the interwar period. Like their Mexican counterparts, African-descended artists in the United States were seeking to create a class-conscious artistic vision...

... expression of their experiences and evolution as African Americans, aligning themselves with a broad spectrum of political movements, from civil rights activists to revolutionaries. 1960s in South Central L.A. UGMA in the community UGMA House Arthur Blythe ...

...North Describes Rosemarie’s childhood in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Southside Chicago, an economically diverse African American community where dozens of her relatives lived and where many of the inhabitants were recent immigrants from the South. The chapter discusses Rosemarie’s...

... This chapter extends the book's key argument regarding the relationship between health inequities and health/communicative inequities. Like the "carceral apparatus" (Loïc Wacquant) that dominates the lives of U.S. working-class African Americans, officials' responses to the 1992–1993 cholera...

... as their impact on African American communities and the world. The chapter concludes with a 1988 interview between Cole and Paula Giddings, which offers a candid discussion of the significance and impact of Spelman and Cole's role as a nontraditional president. HBCUs history impact African American...