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AFRICAN AMERICAN
PERSPECTIVES
The quintessential
video collection on African American life, history, literature and culture.
Please select from
the Anthropology courses on the left or scroll down.
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly
grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black?
Too black? Not black enough?
Homecoming: A History of the Black
Farmer
Family Across the Sea: African Americans'
links to Africa
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
The Language You Cry In: From 18th
century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia.
Legacy: Breaking the cycle of welfare
dependency.
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto
Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a
host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.
A Question of Color: Healing racism's
hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes
the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but
as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning:
The travels of Gatemouth Moore
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict
and community on campus
(See also our Library of African Cinema collection
and Le bouillon d'Awara)
Cultural Theory
Aimé Césaire: Une voix
pour l'histoire (A Voice for History)
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black?
Too black? Not black enough?
Ethnic Notions: Black people in
white minds
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask:
The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes
the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but
as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
(See also Rouch in Reverse)
Ethnography
Ethnic Notions: Black people in
white minds
Family Across the Sea: African Americans'
links to Africa
Goin' to Chicago: The saga of the
Black Migration
(See also Le Bouillon d'Awara
and Rouch in Reverse)
Ethnomusicology
The Language You Cry In: From 18th
century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia.
The Music District: Washington's
own music!
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning:
The travels of Gatemouth Moore
Strange Fruit: dramatic story
of America's radical past using one of the most influential protest
songs ever written.
We Shall Overcome: The song that
moved a nation
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues:
The music, the women, the legacy
(See also our Library of African Cinema Music
and Popular Culture titles)
Folklore and Mythology
Ethnic Notions: Black people in
white minds
Family Across the Sea: African Americans'
links to Africa
The Language You Cry In: From 18th
century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia.
The Music District: Washington's
own music!
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property:
The significance of Nat Turner's revolt, how fictions and history collide.
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues:
The music, the women, the legacy
(See also our Library of African Cinema People,
Folklore and Myth titles)
Methods
The Language You Cry In: From 18th
century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia.
Race Relations
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black?
Too black? Not black enough?
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial
divide
Ethnic Notions: Black people in
white minds
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property:
The significance of Nat Turner's revolt, how fictions and history collide.
One Drop Rule: A discussion of color
consciousness and critique of interracial relationships
Out of Obscurity: A look at
when freedom was overdue at the library. Actors recreate a historic
sit-in in this documentary narrated by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond
The
Politics of Love in Black and White: Interracial dating on campus
A Question of Color: Healing
racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes
the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but
as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Shattering the Silences: The Case
for Minority Faculty
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict
and community on campus
Trouble Behind: Racism up close and
personal
Social Organizations and Kinship
Big
Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned
grandson
Family Across the Sea: African Americans'
links to Africa
Frosh:
Student life in the '90's
Homecoming:
A History of the Black Farmer
The
Language You Cry In: From 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah
people of present-day Georgia.
Legacy: Breaking the cycle of welfare
dependency.
Miles
of Smiles/Years of Struggle: The story of the Pullman Porters
The
Politics of Love in Black and White: Interracial dating on campus
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict
and community on campus
(See also our Library of African Cinema collection)
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