Africana American Studies

Africa-America Studies-Week 1

1) Define African American Studies and describe its major purpose and educational and social objectives.

2) What is the dilemma and controversy surrounding Black identity? How has Black identity changed or been transformed since the 1960s?

3) What is the main difference between the Black Philosophers and Philosophy of the 18th and 19th centuries and the 20th centuries?

4) Identify the Black Philosophers mentioned in Chapter 1 and their significance (be brief but specific):

David Walker

Sojourner Truth

Maria Stewart

Henry Highland Garnet

Frederick Douglass

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Booker T. Washington

Anna Julia Cooper

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Carter G. Woodson

Alain Leroy Locke

Marcus Garvey

Zora Neale Hurston

Charles Johnson

E. Franklin Frazier