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African American studies, or Black studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. Taken broadly, the field studies not only the cultures of people of African descent in the United States, but the cultures of the entire African diaspora, from the British Isles to the Caribbean. The field includes scholars of African American literature, history, politics, religion and religious studies, sociology, and many other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Image File history File links Created by Edward Deutsch  â€”  File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... It has been suggested that American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954) be merged into this article or section. ... Military history of African Americans is that of African Americans in the United States since the arrival of the first black slaves in 1619 to the present day. ... Slave transport in Africa, from a 19th century engraving The African slave trade dates back thousands of years and reportedly continues today in some isolated parts of Africa. ... African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also called Black English, Black Vernacular, or Black English Vernacular (BEV), is a type variety (dialect, ethnolect and sociolect) of the American English language. ... Gullah is the name of both an ethnic group and its English-African creole language. ... // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... The African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, usually called the A.U.M.P. Church, is a Methodist Christian denomination and the oldest independent black denomination in the U.S. It was chartered by Peter Spencer (1782-1843) in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1813 as the Union Church... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a new-religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former emperor of Ethiopia, as Jah (the Rastafari name for God incarnate, from a shortened form of Jehovah found in Psalms 68:4 in the King James Version of the Bible... Black Jews may refer to a number of different religious and ethnic groups. ... The Black Hebrews (or African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem) is a small religious group whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. ... The Black Hebrews (or African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem) is a small religious group whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and socio-political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with a declared aim of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black men and women of America and the rest of the world. ... Lukumí or Regla de Ocha, is most widely known as Santeria, (Santería in Spanish) is a set of related religious systems that fuse Catholic beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs. ... The Doctrine of Father Divine are the teachings of the late Father Divine (d. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into African American history. ... Martin Luther King is perhaps most famous for his I Have a Dream speech, given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom The Civil Rights Movement refers to a set of noted events and reform movements aimed at abolishing public and... Garveyism is that aspect of Black Nationalism which takes its source from the works, words and deeds of UNIA-ACL founder Marcus Garvey. ... Black nationalist flag // Black nationalism is an ethnic nationalism, a political and social movement arising in the 1960s and early 70s mostly among African Americans in the United States. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Black Conservatism is a political and social movement within African American culture which emphasizes American patriotism (and in extreme cases, jingoism), and right to far-right Christian values. ... The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) is, according to its 1929 constitution, a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society, and is founded by persons desiring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the people of African ancestry of the... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. ... The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for African-American students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. ... Bud Fowler, the first professional black baseball player with his team from Keokuk, Iowa, the Westerns of Keokuk The Negro Leagues were a collection of professional baseball leagues made up of predominantly African-American teams. ... The Color Purple by Alice Walker African American literature is literature written by, about, and sometimes specifically for African Americans. ... African American contemporary issues discusses social concerns as they pertain to African Americans. ... African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community. ... African American music (also called black music, formerly known as race music) is an umbrella term given to a range of musical genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of African Americans, who have long constituted a large ethnic minority of the population of the United States. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This is an incomplete list of notable African Americans. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This is a list of landmark legislation and court decisions in the United States concerning African Americans. ... This is an alphabetical list of African-American-related topics: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A African American African American contemporary issues African American culture... This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and culture of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, in places including Europe, the Caribbean, the Americas including United States and Canada, South America, and Central America. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on... The Color Purple by Alice Walker African American literature is literature written by, about, and sometimes specifically for African Americans. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ... Religious studies is the multi-disciplinary, secular study of religion. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Terms like SOSE (Studies of Society & the Environment) not only refer to social sciences but also studies of the environment. ...

Departments of African American studies were first createdresult of student and faculty activism at many universities, sparked by a five months strike for black studies at San Francisco State,where the sociologist, Nathan Hare, was hired (in February of 1968) to coordinate the first black studies program and write a proposal for the first departmentof black studies. The Department of Black Studies was created at San Francisco State in September of 1968 and gained official status at the end of the five-months strike in the spring of 1969. The creation of programs and departments in Black studies was a common demand of protests and sit-ins by minority students and their allies, who felt that their cultures and interests were underserved by the traditional academic structures. A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often political, social, or economic change. ...

Scholars in African American studies

Well-known authors in the field include:

• Kwame Anthony Appiah
• Molefi Kete Asante
• Angela Y. Davis
• W. E. B. DuBois
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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• Maulana Karenga
• Patricia Hill Collins
• Nathan Hare

See also: African American literature Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher and novelist. ... Dr. Molefi Asante, PhD Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942) is a controversial African-American scholar who has written more than 60 books and 300 scholarly articles. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is a African American radical activist, primarily working for racial and gender equality and for prison reform. ... W. E. B. DuBois William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist, sociologist, freemason, and scholar. ... Henry Louis Skip Gates Jr. ... Dr. Ron Karenga Dr. Ron Karenga (Maulana Ron Karenga, Maulana Karenga, Ron Ndabezitha Everett-Karenga, Ron N. Everett) is an author and activist best known as the founder of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, first celebrated in California, December 26, 1966 to January 1, 1967. ... Patricia Hill Collins, (born May 1, 1948-) is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park and former head of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. ... The Color Purple by Alice Walker African American literature is literature written by, about, and sometimes specifically for African Americans. ...