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91	History Will Be My Judge: A Cultural Examination of America's Racial Tensions Presented Through the Symbolization of Booker T. Washington Keturah C Nix (8088539) 06 December 2019 (has links) <i> History Will Be My Judge: A Cultural Examination of America's Racial Tensions Presented Through the Symbolization of Booker T. Washington</i> is an interdisciplinary study about the emergence of Booker T. Washington as a black cultural hero. By the turn of the twentieth century, Washington had become the most prominent African American educator, economic reformer, entrepreneur, and race leader in the United States. He is most recognized as the founder of Tuskegee Institute (now University) and his highly acclaimed autobiography, <i>Up From Slavery</i>, which recounts his life growing up enslaved to becoming an international icon. Since his death in 1915, several monuments, memorials, landmarks, and commemorative tributes have been established in his honor. During the 1940s, Washington became the first African American pictured on the United States postage stamp and minted silver half-dollar. Additionally, he was spotlighted in a series of media campaigns called "Famous American Firsts," and was the first African American inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Moreover, amidst the presidential transition between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, black popular media has alluded to Washington's economic philosophy through music videos, documentaries, and television programs. I argue that each of these posthumous commemorations belong to larger social justice movements, namely, the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement. Throughout these eras, Washington's legacy has served to counter white supremacy and symbolize the rise of integration, the black middle class, economic justice, black self-made, black education, and the legacy of slavery.<div> The purpose of this study is to examine how during periods of racial unrest, African Americans leverage Booker T. Washington's image to counter racist stereotypes and reaffirm black citizenship. The primary framework applied in this study is William L. Van Deburg's theory of the <i>black cultural hero. </i>Two emergent theories from this research are my developing frameworks called <i>Black Hustle Theory</i> and <i>nostalgic tension</i>. Using literary and visual analysis, I assess historical archives from popular press, black literature, American memorabilia, and black popular culture to examine Washington's commemorative legacy through a black radical lens. Specifically, I explore how the following four people have connected Washington's legacy to the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement: Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr., founder of Savannah State University; Langston Hughes, famed Harlem Renaissance poet and author; Stanley Nelson, award-winning producer; and, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, singer and pop mogul. I put Washington's legacy in conversation with each of these cultural producers to simulate a call-and-response between his lifework and the generations after him.<br><div><br></div></div> History Race and Ethnic Relations Booker T. Washington Langston Hughes Beyonce Knowles-Carter Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr. Tuskegee Civil Rights Movement Lemonade Black Lives Matter Tell Them We Are Rising HBCU black popular culture commemoration white supremacy W.E.B. Du Bois Stanley Nelson black cultural hero race racism Frederick Douglass Black Hustle Theory nostalgic tension Up From Slavery postage stamp self-made slavery economic justice
92	Nosíme masku: Performativita v Afroamerickém divadle od roku 1950 do roku 1970 / WEARING THE MASK: Performativity in African American Drama from 1950 to 1970 Polák, Ondřej January 2019 (has links) The goal of this thesis is to explore African American theatre through the lens of performativity and to show how the performative concepts of passing and entrenchment affected the writing of African American playwrights in the 1950s and 1960s. To this end, the first part of the work is focused on establishing performativity as a concept, starting with its origins in linguistics and then tracing its development. The main influences for this section are the works of Judith Butler, Nadine Ehlers, Andrew Parker and Eve Sedgewick. Butler's work on performativity is used as the main source for understanding performativity in its contemporary sense and to establish "passing" as a performative act. Ehlers' work serves to connect performativity to race and to show the use of "entrenchment" in performativity. Finally, Parker and Sedgewick's work provides a bridge between performativity and theatrical performance as they describe the "relations of spectatorship" necessary for the existence of theatre. Since performativity, in theatre or anywhere else, is based on discourse, the thesis will show the images and relations of spectatorship that defined African American theatre and performance since its inception. These include slave performance, black minstrelsy, but also the first attempts at quintessentially...
93	Art as Activism: The Lives and Art of Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Nina Simone Campbell, Katy M. January 2021 (has links) No description available. African American Studies Black History Gender History Modern History Music American History Billie Holiday Lena Horne Nina Simone Civil Rights Movement Harlem Renaissance Black Power Activism Art Paul Robeson Strange Fruit Mississippi Goddam Cabin in the Sky WEB DuBois Criteria of Negro Art Cotton Club Count Basie Communism
94	Breaking the Chains : The Relation between Race, Religion & Violence in Malcolm X’s Pursuit of Black Liberation Al-Khishali, Hedil January 2023 (has links) This essay aims to explore the complex interplay between race, religion, and violence as depicted in The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley. Through an exploration of Frantz Fanon's theories regarding recognition and violence, alongside James H. Cone’s concept of Black theology, the essay establishes a foundation for the analysis. This analysis will analyze Malcolm X’s evolving transformative identity and political agenda. The essay aims to understand Malcolm X’s engagement with Islamic teachings, his critique of Christianity, and his experiences with violence, and how these themes together shape his social and political agenda in his pursuit of liberation. Malcolm X challenges the racial narrative and argues that White people are devils. This perception undergoes a profound shift after his pilgrimage to Mecca. This transformative journey sheds light on the factors that shaped Malcolm X’s perspective on religion, racial separation, self-defense, and liberation. This essay argues that Malcolm X underwent a profound evolution of ideological perspectives after his affiliation with the NOI and his trip to Mecca, leading to a deeper understanding of Black liberation and the complexities of racial identity. Malcolm X Civil Rights Movement Nation of Islam Black Liberation Black Theology Racial Identity Race Relations Social Justice African American Activism Autobiography of Malcolm X Violence and Liberation Identity Evolution Ideological Evolution Racial Violence Islamic Teachings Social and Political Agenda Languages and Literature Språk och litteratur Educational Sciences Utbildningsvetenskap Pedagogy Pedagogik
95	History Instruction with a Human Rights Perspective: Exploring the Experience and Learning of High School Students through a Case Study Netter, Amy Lynn January 2022 (has links) No description available. American History Curriculum Development Education Instructional Design Literacy Peace Studies Secondary Education Teaching history instruction American history instruction human rights education human rights perspective history curriculum written discourse discourse discourse in instruction Civil Rights Movement history and human rights instructional unit case study curriculum study high school instruction
96	African American Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: A Narrative Inquiry Bell, Janet Dewart 23 July 2015 (has links) No description available. African American Studies African Americans American Studies Black History Black Studies American History Gender Studies Biographies Sociology Womens Studies African American Women Civil Rights Movement Narrative Inquiry transformational leadership servant leaders activism social movements gender females Black women racism protest movements feminism adaptive leader
97	"Lepší Rudý než mrtvý!": Boj Amerických Indiánů za právo na svrchovanost v 60. a 70. letech 20. století / "Better Red than Dead": American Indians' Struggle for Sovereignty Rights in the 1960s and 1970s Staňková, Olga January 2014 (has links) In my thesis, I argue that the Native American activism of the 1960s and 1970s does not fall into the category of Civil Rights Movement because of its significantly different goals, and that the fundamentally different character of sovereignty rights also keeps the Indian struggle invisible in American understandings of U.S. political and social history. According to my analysis, the terms tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and treaty rights describe the ultimate goals of the Native American activists in the 1960s and 1970s the best. The decade between 1964 and 1974 witnessed the rise of radical Indian activism, which succeeded in reminding the general public and politicians that Indians are still present in the United States. Furthermore, it influenced a whole generation of Native Americans who found new pride in being Indian. However, this current of American activism is not known so well by the general U.S. public. This thesis will describe this state as "selective visibility" deriving from U.S. selective historical memory, only noticing and remembering those events and images concerning Native Americans that can be simply understood, somehow relate to the U.S. set of values, and fit in the national historical narrative.
98	Chinese American activism in the Cold War-Civil Rights Movement Era,1949-1972 / 冷戦期と黒人公民権運動から照らし出される、新たな中国系アメリカ人の社会運動史 : 1949年から1972年にかけて / レイセンキトコクジンコウミンケンウンドウカラテラシダサレルアラタナチュウゴクケイアメリカジンノシャカイウンドウシ : 1949ネンカラ 1972ネンニカケテ / 冷戦期と黒人公民権運動から照らし出される新たな中国系アメリカ人の社会運動史 : 1949年から1972年にかけて朱振兴, Zhenxing Zhu 20 September 2018 (has links) 本研究は、冷戦期と黒人公民権運動期という二重の文脈が交差するなかで、中国系アメリカ人の運動に作用した多様なダイナミズムを歴史的に解明することであった。これにより、従来のような「同化」と「モデル・マイノリティ」の視点から語られがちであった中国系アメリカ人という歴史観とは異なる視座から、当時の中国系アメリカ人の歴史を捉えることを試みた。さらに、チャイナタウン内で発行されていた中国語新聞と中国共産党の資料の分析により、中国共産主義が中国系の左派活動家を通して、いかにアメリカ合衆国の黒人公民権運動に影響を与えたかとのことも検証した。 / This dissertation provides an overview of Chinese American activism during the Cold War-Civil Rights Movement period. At the same time, it re-examines the history of Chinese Americans from the perspective of Chinese American activism. By employing a transnational approach to Chinese American activism and carefully analyzing various primary resources, this project attempts to clarify the dynamic process through which Chinese American activist movements changed from engaging in spheres of transnational Chinese struggles to fighting for justice and the interests of their own community in the United States, and finally to becoming an integral part of the Asian American Movement. / 博士(アメリカ研究) / Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies / 同志社大学 / Doshisha University 冷戦黒人公民権運動華僑華人チャイナタウン人民外交政策唐明照アジア系アメリカ運動 Chinese American Activism Cold War Civil Rights Movement Overseas Chinese Chinatown Chinese American Community Newspapers People's Diplomacy Tang Mingzhao Asian American Movement Transanational History
99	Barack Obama et les organisations de lutte pour les droits civiques : héritages, tensions, adaptations (2004-2010) / Barack Obama and civil rights organizations : heritage, tensions, adjustments (2004-2010) Onanga Ndjila, Blanchard 25 October 2013 (has links) La présente étude examine comment les organisations de lutte pour les droits civiques que sont la Rainbow Push Coalition, la NAACP et la National Urban League ont contribué à l’élection du 44e président des États-Unis, Barack Obama. Elle établit dans un premier temps comment la participation du Révérend Jesse Jackson aux élections de 1984 et 1988 a contribué à l’émergence du processus démocratique à l’origine de l’élection de Barack Obama, premier président américain issu de la communauté africaine américaine. Dans un second temps, elle met en évidence comment l’action transformative du mouvement des droits civiques ayant conduit à la promulgation du Voting Rights Act de 1965 par le président Lyndon B. Johnson, sous l’impulsion du Dr Martin Luther King, mais aussi de Roy Wilkins et Whitney Young contribua à l’élection de Barack Obama en 2008. En analysant la participation de Jesse Jackson aux élections présidentielles américaines, notre objectif est de montrer comment il est parvenu à faire changer les règles de nomination des candidats issus des minorités au sein du parti démocrate. Elle a permis de montrer comment Obama en fut le bénéficiaire en devenant d’abord le nominé du parti démocrate, puis le président des États-Unis. D’où notre analyse du processus électoral de 2008. L’étude fait ainsi un tour d’horizon des désaccords qui ont surgi lors de l’élection présidentielle de 2008, entre Hillary Clinton et Barack Obama d’une part, puis entre ce dernier et John McCain d’autre part. Elle examine, par ailleurs, dans une perspective sociologique, les conflits qui se sont succédés au sein de la communauté africaine américaine, notamment entre certains dirigeants africains américains et Obama avant et pendant l’élection présidentielle de 2008, relatifs aux valeurs familiales, à l’incident racial des “Six de Jena” ou encore à la participation de Barack Obama à l’élection présidentielle. La question relative à la notion d’une Amérique post-raciale qui se présenta suite à l’élection d’Obama sera également abordée. Elle démontre comment son élection n’a malheureusement pas pu changer les mentalités des Américains au sujet de la question raciale de manière radicale et combien le racisme demeure une question fondamentale, majeure aux États-Unis au 21e siècle. Enfin, l’étude examine la collaboration post-électorale entre les organisations de lutte pour les droits civiques et l’administration Obama. / This dissertation discusses how Black Civil Rights Organizations such as the NAACP, the National Urban League and the Rainbow Push Coalition paved the way for the election of the 44th US President, Barack Obama. It specifically establishes a direct link connecting the 1965 Voting Rights Act victory won under the leadership of Dr Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 presidential bids, showing from a historical approach how the Civil Rights Movement contributed to the election of the first African-American US President. By examining Reverend Jesse Jackson’s two presidential bids, this dissertation aims at demonstrating how he made it easier and more accessible for Barack Obama to become the Democratic Party nominee ultimately elected to the US Presidency. The dissertation further examines the electoral process through which Obama ascended to the Land’s Highest Office. In that regard, it revisits crucial hostilities that occurred during the 2008 presidential election within the Democratic Party between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. By the same token, it looks back on upheavals that broke out between Obama and Senator John McCain during the general election. The dissertation discusses from a sociological viewpoint disputes over leadership within the black community among African-American leaders and Barack Obama prior to, and during the 2008 presidential election. These clashes were notably related to family values, Obama’s 2008 presidential bid, and the Jena Six racial incident. This dissertation, further, addresses issues of America being a post-racial nation pointing out how the election of the first African-American President failed in fundamentally shifting Americans’ view on race relations and how racism is still a relevant issue in twenty-first century America while examining from another standpoint the relationship between the Obama Administration and the aforementioned Black Civil Rights Organizations Africains Américains Amérique noire Amérique blanche Blancs Barack Obama Naacp Rainbow Push Coalition National Urban League Mouvement des droits civiques Démocrates Républicains Idéologie progressite Idéologie intégrationniste Conservatisme Elections primaires Elections présidentielles Race Racisme Relations raciales Modes d'interaction Stratégies politiques Lobbying Noirs Conservateurs Progressistes Politique Parti politique Présidence américaine African -Americans Black America White America Whites Barack Obama Black Organizations Naacp Rainbow Push Coalition National Urban League Civil Rights Movement Democrats Republicans Political ideology Election Liberals Primaries Presidential elections Race Racism Race relation Party Political strategies Lobbying Black Conservatves US Presidency Politics
100	Tystnaden: Makten, rösten och talet : En analys av tystnaden som kontrollinstrument i Vegetarianen och brun flicka drömmer / Silence: Power, voice and speech : An analysis of silence as an instrument for control in The Vegetarian and brown girl dreaming Guldbacke Lund, Linnéa January 2018 (has links) Silence, voice and power are the main themes in this essay. The purpose is to analyze how the silence is used as an instrument for control, and how it can be used strategically to take power, but also as a resistance against the power. The novel The Vegetarian by Han Kang and the autobiography novel on verse, brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson are the core of this essay. This essay focuses on how the characters break the silence, and how they use the silence strategically to find their voice in a society that systematically works to keep women, children and men silent. The silence works in specific ways in all kinds of situations, to explore the complexity of the power dimensions a comparative analysis allows the themes to emerge and enlighten each other’s diversity. With help from Rebecca Solnit in Alla frågors moder, Audre Lorde in Your silence will not protect you and Michel Foucault’s Diskursens ordning, among other voices, the essay aims to search for how the silence can work as a strategy and what it means to speak. The essay shows how the oppressing silence is broken in brown girl dreaming, and how the voice becomes the power, but also how the silence was used in the African-American Civil Rights Movement as an act of resistance. The essays also analyze the female main character in The Vegetarian, who makes a journey from an oppressed woman where the patriarchal men violate her silence and forcing her to speak, to an existence where silence, life and growth thrives. The silence has its own language and sometimes, it’s louder than words. Silence Voice Power Strategy brown girl dreaming The Vegetarian Rape Abuse Become silent Oppression Postcolonialism Gender studies Foucault Rebecca Solnit Audre Lorde bell hooks African-American Civil Rights Movement Resistance Break the silence Uprising Revolt Silent protest Nonviolent Power structure Master suppression technique Vegetation Growth Existence Life Death Freedom Speech Tystnad Makt Strategi Röst Kontrollinstrument Redskap brun flicka drömmer Jacqueline Woodson Vegetarianen Han Kang Självbestämmande Maktspel Våldtäkt Övergrepp Tystna Förtryck Postkolonialistisk teori Genusteori Diskurser Foucault Rebecca Solnit Audre Lorde bell hooks Medborgarrättsrörelsen Bryta tystnaden Uppror Tyst demonstration Tal Tysta Maktmedel Motstånd Härskartekniker Växtlighet Frihet Liv Döden Återfödelse Makten Talet Tystnaden Rösten Specific Literatures Litteraturstudier

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