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Tables of Contents for Introduction to Black Studies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xiv
1 INTRODUCTION
3
66
1.1 Origins of the Discipline
3
7
The Civil Rights Movement
4
1
The Free Speech Movement
5
1
The Anti-War Movement
5
2
The Black Studies Movement
7
3
1.2 Relevance of the Discipline
10
11
Academic Concerns
11
1
Social Concerns
12
1
Basic Objectives
13
2
Grounds of Relevance
15
6
1.3 Scope of the Discipline
21
7
1.4 Subsequent Developments
28
41
Professional Organizations of the Discipline
28
6
African Heritage Studies Association
28
3
National Council For Black Studies
31
3
The Concept of Afrocentricity
34
4
Black Women's Studies
38
5
Multicultural Studies
43
6
Classical African Studies
49
8
Study Questions
57
1
References
57
12
2 BLACK HISTORY
69
142
2.1 Introduction
69
1
2.2 Definition
70
4
2.3 African Background
74
35
Introduction
74
3
The Origins of East Africa
77
2
The Nile Valley Civilizations
79
11
Nubia
80
4
Egypt
84
6
Western Sudanic Civilizations
90
7
Ghana
90
2
Mali
92
3
Songhai
95
2
The Moorish Empire in Spain
97
5
Other States and Empires
102
1
The Decline of African Societies
103
5
Conclusion
108
1
2.4 Africans in America
109
102
Introduction
109
1
Egypt, Mali and the Olmecs
110
5
The Holocaust of Enslavement
115
5
Misconceptions
116
3
Impact of the Enslavement
119
1
Enslavement: Basis and System
120
6
The Basis of Enslavement
120
3
The System of Enslavement
123
3
Resistance to Enslavement
126
16
Cultural Resistance
128
1
Day-to-Day Resistance
129
1
Abolitionism
130
2
Emigrationism
132
2
Armed Resistance
134
8
Civil War and Reconstruction
142
5
Civil War
142
2
Reconstruction
144
3
The Great Migrations and Urbanization
147
2
Organization Against Injustice
149
2
Accommodationism, Confrontation and Black Nationalism
151
9
Booker T. Washington
152
2
W.E.B. DuBois
154
3
Marcus Garvey
157
3
Black Science and Inventions
160
3
Crisis and the New Deal
163
2
Civil Rights and Revolts
165
14
The Civil Rights Movement
166
5
The Black Power Movement
171
1
The Religious Thrust
172
1
The Cultural Thrust
173
2
The Political Thrust
175
4
Post-Sixties
179
11
The Seventies
179
5
The Eighties
184
4
The Nineties
188
2
Study Questions
190
1
References
191
20
3 BLACK RELIGION
211
58
3.1 Introduction
211
1
3.2 Ancient African Traditions
212
19
General Themes
212
4
The Dogon Tradition
216
4
The Egyptian Tradition and Legacy
220
11
3.3 The Christian Tradition
231
15
Reasons for Conversion
231
15
The Historical Role of the Church
233
1
The Social Ethics of Martin Luther King
234
2
Black Liberation Theology
236
5
Historical Background
236
2
James Cone
238
2
Albert Cleage
240
1
Summary
241
1
Black Womanist Theology and Ethics
241
5
Jacquelyn Grant
242
1
Katie Cannon
243
3
3.4 The Islamic Tradition
246
23
The Moorish Science Temple
246
1
The Nation of Islam
247
2
The Socio-Ethical Teachings of Malcolm X
249
2
Schism, Transformation and Rebuilding
251
4
The Schism
251
2
Transformation
253
1
The Rebuilding
254
1
Study Questions
255
1
References
256
13
4 BLACK SOCIOLOGY
269
42
4.1 Introduction
269
10
The Problem of Ghettoization
270
3
The Race/Class Question
273
3
The Issue of Culture
276
3
4.2 The Black Family
279
6
4.3 Black Male/Female Relations
285
26
Womanist/Feminist Discourse
285
5
The Question of Quality Relations
290
2
The Connections
292
2
Toward Solutions
294
3
Study Questions
297
1
References
298
13
5 BLACK POLITICS
311
44
5.1 Introduction
309
7
5.2 Party Politics
316
8
Rationale
316
1
The Republican Party Experience
317
2
The Democratic Party Experience
319
2
Black Party Initiatives
321
3
5.3 Black Elected Officials
324
6
The Jesse Jackson Campaigns
328
2
5.4 Interest Group Politics
330
7
Liberal Strategy
331
1
Conservative Strategy
332
2
Radical Strategy
334
3
5.5 The Problem of Coalitions
337
18
Study Questions
344
1
References
344
1
6 BLACK ECONOMICS
355
38
6.1 Introduction
355
1
6.2 Political Economic Status
356
3
6.3 Data of Economic Disadvantage
359
5
Income Inequality
359
1
Poverty Rates
359
1
Employment Status
360
3
Occupational Distribution
363
1
6.4 Problems of Race and Class
364
3
6.5 The Middle Class
367
6.6 The Underclass
366
6
6.7 The Problem of Business
372
2
6.8 Solutions
374
19
Introduction
374
4
Broad Strategies
378
4
Black Capitalism
378
1
Socialism
379
2
Cooperative Economics
381
1
Study Questions
382
1
References
383
10
7 BLACK CREATIVE PRODUCTION
393
46
7.1 Introduction
393
5
Defining Art
393
1
The Black Aesthetic
394
4
7.2 Black Art
398
6
The Continental African Dimension
398
1
Professional Emergence
399
1
The Harlem Renaissance
400
1
Post Renaissance
401
2
The Sixties and Beyond
403
1
7.3 Black Music
404
12
African Origins
404
1
The Spirituals
405
2
Songs of Work and Leisure
406
1
The Blues
407
1
Ragtime
408
1
Gospel Music
409
1
The Emergence of Jazz
409
1
Rhythm and Blues
410
2
The Challenge of Rap
412
4
7.4 Black Literature
416
23
The Early Period I
416
2
The Early Period II
418
1
The 1800's
418
1
The Pre-Harlem Renaissance Period
419
1
The Harlem Renaissance
420
2
The Sixties
422
1
The Seventies
423
1
The Eighties and Nineties
424
5
Study Questions
429
1
References
430
9
8 BLACK PSYCHOLOGY
439
36
8.1 Introduction
439
3
8.2 Perspectives
442
23
The Traditional School
442
4
Kenneth Clark
442
1
William Grier and Price Cobbs
443
1
Alvin Poussaint
444
2
The Reformist School
446
4
Charles Thomas
446
1
Joseph White
447
1
William Cross
448
2
The Radical School
450
15
Na'im Akbar
450
3
Joseph Baldwin
453
2
Linda Myers
455
2
Wade Nobles
457
1
Frances Cress Welsing
458
3
Amos Wilson
461
2
Bobby Wright
463
2
8.3 Ethos
465
10
Study Questions
467
1
References
468
7
9 CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES
475
9.1 Introduction
475
1
9.2 Background
476
6
The Academic-Social Mission of Black Studies
476
1
Problematic Administrators in Black Studies
477
4
Administrative Opposition on Campus
481
1
9.3 The Political Challenge
482
6
Continuing Opposition
482
3
Professional Organizations
485
1
Community Rootedness
486
1
Progressive Alliances
487
1
9.4 The Intellectual Challenge
488
16
The Problem of Philosophy
488
2
The Self-Definition of the Discipline
490
1
The Problematic of Primary Focus
491
2
The Issue of Value Orientation
493
1
The Standarization of Rationale
494
3
The Question of Curriculum
497
3
A Definitive Body of Literature
500
4
9.5 Conclusion
504
Study Questions
505
1
References
506