A hip-hop archive at Harvard University? Classes at Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, Yale and MIT? Panel discussions on Jay-Z and Nas sandwiched between Milton and the Harlem Renaissance at the Modern Language Association conference? The sea of change under way in the academy started in 1994 with two historians: Dr. Tricia Rose, now of the University…

What do Washington, DC, Fredericksburg, VA, and Charleston, SC, have in common?--Each city will, in the next three to five years, become home to a major African American museum site. This article evaluates the pros and cons of this plan, providing insight from those working most closely on the project. It is divided into the following sections:…

21st century Black children and adolescents have lost a connection with the social and cultural currents of the mid-20th century. The author, while she acknowledges the troubles that plagued the Black community in the past, laments what Black culture has become in the age of integration. She ties this concern to the similar decline of Black…