African-American Studies

Bonds of Slavery and Bonds of Love: Investigating the Role of African-American Families and Marital Unions in the Struggle Against Slavery

Xavier G. Reader - Resistance to oppression is often found in the most unlikely of places. This article investigates the significance that families and partnerships played in fostering the emotional support necessary to sustain enslaved peoples throughout the onslaught of slavery in... Keep Reading »

Echoes of W.E.B. Du Bois' Double-Consciousness in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Mohammed Ritchane - A close scrutiny through a text-based analysis of Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845), would reveal, unquestionably, that this narrative reflects the condition of the African-American as... Keep Reading »
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Addressing Shortcomings in Afro-Pessimism

Michael A. Barlow Jr. - Afro-Pessimism forwards a crucially important foundation with which anyone concerned with forming Black resistance strategy should navigate. It accurately understands that Black life exists outside of the traditional humanist metric, and Blackness is rather an ontological... Keep Reading »

The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans

Emily Dalgo - What is the meaning of the American Dream for educated black Americans? How do perceptions of the equality and the achievability of the American Dream among educated black Americans correlate with the dominant discourse on the subject? This research project determines... Keep Reading »

Do African-American Female Stereotypes Still Exist in Television? A Descriptive Character Analysis of Olivia Pope

Kendall King. - Scandal, the first network drama in decades to star an African-American woman, reaches millions of viewers on a weekly basis. This study examined if main character Olivia Pope is a reflection of popular AfricanAmerican female stereotypes in television. A sample of... Keep Reading »
 
 

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American History
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Bonds of Slavery and Bonds of Love: Investigating the Role of African-American Families and Marital Unions in the Struggle Against Slavery
By Xavier G. Reader
Resistance to oppression is often found in the most unlikely of places. This article investigates the significance that families and partnerships played in fostering the emotional support necessary to sustain enslaved peoples throughout the onslaught... Read Article »
American Slavery Antebellum South Slave Rebellion Marriage Family American History
Colorism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Exploring the Role of Skin Tone Among Low-Income Black College Students
By Chelsea G. Gardner
Colorism or skin tone bias is a form of discrimination based on skin tone that typically awards advantages to light-skinned people while penalizing dark-skinned people within an ethnic group. There is very little research on colorism in higher education... Read Article »
Colorism Skin Tone Higher Education Race Class
Slave Narrative
2019, Vol. 11 No. 04
Echoes of W.E.B. Du Bois' Double-Consciousness in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By Mohammed Ritchane
A close scrutiny through a text-based analysis of Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845), would reveal, unquestionably, that this narrative reflects the condition of the... Read Article »
W.E.B. Du Bois Double-consciousness Frederick Douglass American Slavery Slave Narrative
Jazz
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
"Jazz Is My Story:" A Historical Analysis of Jazz and 20th Century African-American Literature
By Anjali J. Misra
The period of time from the Bebop era to the present—mid-1940s onwards—has been an era of great cultural evolution in the United States, and in few groups more so than the African American community. A factor particularly significant... Read Article »
Jazz Jazz Literature Music Poetry African-American Literature Harlem Renaissance
American Slavery
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Creating Life Within the Confines of Slavery: Comparing Northrup's Memoir Twelve Years a Slave and Genovese's The World the Slaves Made
By Hayley E. Tartell
Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853) provides a comprehensive first-hand account of slavery that both corroborates and challenges Eugene Genovese’s argument in his later analysis of the institution of slavery in The World the... Read Article »
American History American Slavery American South Slavery Solomon Northup Twelve Years A Slave Slave Narratives
Critical Theory
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Addressing Shortcomings in Afro-Pessimism
By Michael A. Barlow Jr.
Afro-Pessimism forwards a crucially important foundation with which anyone concerned with forming Black resistance strategy should navigate. It accurately understands that Black life exists outside of the traditional humanist metric, and Blackness... Read Article »
Critical Theory Afro-Pessimism Anti-Blackness Blackness Whiteness Ontology Social Death Slavery Black History Black Culture
Race in America
2016, Vol. 6 No. 2
The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans
By Emily Dalgo
Published by Clocks and Clouds
What is the meaning of the American Dream for educated black Americans? How do perceptions of the equality and the achievability of the American Dream among educated black Americans correlate with the dominant discourse on the subject? This research... Read Article »
American Dream Race in America Inequality Higher Education Barack Obama Social Justice Civil Rights
American History
2016, Vol. 8 No. 05
The Uprisings of Nat Turner and John Brown: Response and Treatment from the Abolitionist Movement and the Press
By Franco A. Paz
This paper examines two influential slave uprisings and the treatment these received by both the abolitionist movement and the press. The first section explores the country’s reaction to John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, as... Read Article »
American History Slavery American Slavery Historiography American Civil War African-American History Nat Turner Abolitionist Movement
Television
2015, Vol. 6 No. 2
Do African-American Female Stereotypes Still Exist in Television? A Descriptive Character Analysis of Olivia Pope
By Kendall King.
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
Scandal, the first network drama in decades to star an African-American woman, reaches millions of viewers on a weekly basis. This study examined if main character Olivia Pope is a reflection of popular AfricanAmerican female stereotypes in television... Read Article »
Television African-American Experience Stereotypes Film Stereotypes Scandal
African-american Literature
2015, Vol. 7 No. 10
How Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Retold the Story of the Black American Experience for the Cultural Mainstream
By Luke D. Mahoney
People love a good story. A good story can be intriguingly informative, a good story can well up deep emotions and a good story can carry culture, history and tradition. It was through storytelling that many ancient cultures preserved and passed... Read Article »
Autoethnography Ralph Ellison Invisible Man Black Culture African-American Literature
News Media
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Sociolinguistic Bias in AP Style: How News Media Deny African American Vernacular English Realities
By Andrew B. Keefe
In Media Representations and the Global Imagination, Orgad (2012) addresses the division between content and interpretative analyses of media representations in critical theory research (36). This paper attempts a marriage of structural and cultural... Read Article »
African American Vernacular English AAVE News Media Reporting Bias Language Varieties AP Style Linguistics
Black History
2015, Vol. 7 No. 02
The Double Victory Campaign and the Black Press: A Conservative Approach to 'Victory' at Home and Abroad
By Haley D. O'Shaughnessy
During World War II, the black press and several prominent black leaders called for a “Double V” victory against fascism abroad and against Jim Crow at home. With such a slogan, many historians regarded this campaign as the groundwork... Read Article »
Double Victory World War II African-American History Postwar America Black Press Race
Politics Of Race
2015, Vol. 7 No. 02
The Myth of Obama's Post-Racial Presidency: Why Barack Obama's Election Didn't End Racial Inequality in America
By Breanna M. Bacon
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama was met with enthusiasm and controversy. If you were alive and cognizant at the time, you understood the importance and historic value of the 2008 election no matter your position. Barack Obama, the Hawaii... Read Article »
Barack Obama Race Politics Of Race Race Relations U.S. Presidency American Politics African-American Studies
African-american Literature
2014, Vol. 6 No. 06
Naming and Identity in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Song of Solomon
By Sean M. Kirby
As an African American author, Toni Morrison is acutely aware of the pain that is intertwined with the history of her history. She articulates the debilitating physical and psychological strain that slavery, prejudices, and discrimination placed... Read Article »
African-American Literature Toni Morrison Beloved Song Of Solomon Slavery
Civil Rights
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
The "Roving Ambassador:" Bayard Rustin's Quaker Cosmopolitanism and the Civil Rights Movement
By Sebastian C. Galbo
Just eight months after Gandhi's assassination, Rustin arrived in India to give a series of lectures to pacifist organizations. Between 1947 and 1952, Rustin made several important trips to Africa and India where he met and exchanged ideas with... Read Article »
Civil Rights Bayard Rustin American History Quakers Pacifism Cosmopolitanism
 
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