This paper approaches the public policies for teaching Afro-Brazilian and indigenous history and culture in Brazil in the 21st century. It is part of a broader study about the implementation and impacts of Federal Laws 10.639/2009 and 11.645/2008, which made the study of these topics mandatory across the national territory. Our methodology…

After more than half a century, the music of Motown not only thrives, it transcends generations. The iconic sound of Motown has led a handful of scholars to write, teach, lecture and share the music, history and business of Motown on their campuses. In its golden age, from 1959 to 1972, the sound Berry Gordy pioneered at Motown Records in Detroit…

The purpose of this paper is to provide background information about black studies and to clarify attitudes, black and white, toward black studies, in order to interject some reality into what can be an emotionally and intellectually confusing area for whites. (Author)

This article explicates the literature on cultural reattachment Africentric education. Cultural reattachment is a process whereby people of African descent begin to adopt (in whole or in part) aspects of an African culture (e.g., Wolof or Akan). Africentric education is defined as the adoption of Africentric ideology and cultural relevancy.…

The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument that measures student knowledge of Afro-American history and culture. The major hypothesis was that students enrolled in Black Studies would be more knowledgeable about Afro-American history. Results support the hypothesis. (Author/HMV)

Author outlines a process of Afro-American education which would establish a cultural identity for American Blacks, and draw attention to the need for the Black Community to reconsider community values and attitudes in building viable educational institutions. (Editor)

Though Dubois tried to begin a series of scientific studies on the Negro problem in America more than 70 years ago, only recently have attempts been made to present a true history of the Black man in institutions of higher learning. Until that time, the experience of the Black man was defined in Euro-American terms, or in most cases was completely…

This report surveys developments in the field of black studies in conjunction with a preliminary evaluation of the Danforth Foundation (DF) program of Postgraduate Black Studies Fellowships. Stages of development in black studies are reviewed: power struggles, local and national, black and white 1968-69; a year of truce, 1970-71; and Black Studies…

Discusses reasons for including black literature in the regular high school curriculum. Paper presented at the annual NCTE Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1970. (Editor/RB)

From the available literature, this paper reviews Black Studies in terms of its relation to the various elements of curriculum: rationale, objectives, materials, content, methods of implementation and evaluation. Information concerning student attitude toward Black Studies and research instruments related to the measure used in this study are also…

This document presents the proceedings of an invitational conference on African and Afro-American Studies. Papers presented at the conference were: (1) Negritude in Retrospect; (2) The Assertation of Blackness in the United States and Africa; (3) The Afro-American Materials in the Predominantly White High School. Discussions were centered around…

The resistence to Black studies is more than the denial of the present relevance of the Afro-American experience; it is also a strategy designed to forestall the modification of a society in the future by suppressing knowledge about the past. (Author/EB)