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Course Creoles, Pidgins and the Evolution of Languages
 
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Book The NYPL African American Desk Reference
 
Reference Civil Rights
 
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Author University of Chicago professor Kenneth Warren recommends three books for Black History Month.
 
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Black History Month picture An Interview with General Editor Manning Marable (Columbia University)
During his opening address to the world's first Pan-African Conference in August 1900, American civil rights leader and author W.E.B. DuBois made an observation that would echo throughout the next century when he said, "The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color-line." In response to the 2002 Black History Month theme, "The Color Line Revisited: Is Racism Dead?" Columbia professor and DuBois scholar Manning Marable spoke about DuBois' prediction and its resonance at the beginning of the 21st century.

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SELECTED COURSES AND SEMINARS
[Creoles, Pidgins and the Evolution of Languages] Creoles, Pidgins and the Evolution of Languages
From: The University of Chicago and Cambridge University Press

In this seminar, University of Chicago professor Salikoko S. Mufwene looks at some of the issues surrounding the evolution of English. Drawing on material in his Cambridge University Press book, The Ecology of Language Evolution, Mufwene questions attitudes about the evolution of languages, especially English, in today's world. more...

 
 
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[image] Love and Race Caught in the Public Eye
From: University of Michigan

In 1925, an annulment trial involving the son of an aristocratic New York family and a working-class woman of mixed-race ancestry gripped the nation and the question of how racial identity is constructed became the focus of the American public's eye. more...

 
Like One of the Family Body Art at the V&A: Black Hair and Nails
Breaking the Black-White Binary Should We Continue to Study Race?
 
 
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
The NYPL African American Desk Reference The NYPL African American Desk Reference
By: Philip Koslow (Editor), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hardcover]

Packed with over 5,000 entries, this indispensible home reference taps the resources of The New York Public Library's Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture to provide an array of frequently sought information about politics and civil rights, business, religion, science, health, the arts, sports, and more. Combining information not found in any other single book--and often hard to find on the Internet--this unique work serves as an essential historical and cultural reference, a comprehensive resource directory, and a browsable collection of fascinating facts and figures about African American life. The information is presented in a variety of formats, including charts, tables, timelines, historical entries, reading lists, recipes, and biographical profiles. more...
 
 
REFERENCE
Articles selected from Fathom's reference shelf, to help you learn more about some of the significant people, places, organizations, and themes in African American history.

Civil Rights
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)


Minstrel Show
From: The Cambridge Guide to Theatre


Jordan, Barbara Charline
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)
 
 
SELECTED COURSES AND SEMINARS
Websites from Fathom's member institutions and other educational and governmental organizations that offer in-depth resources and archived materials relating to African American history.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
From: The New York Public Library [www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html]


African American Studies Links
From: University of Michigan [www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/links/aas.html]


African American Studies Archive
From: University of Chicago [www.lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip/diglib/afam/guide/]


African American Studies Resources
From: Columbia University [www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/afam/resource.html]


Black History Month February 2002
From: Infoplease [http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html]
 
 
 
 
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