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Week 4: Black Reconstruction

etesfa3 — 2025-04-23 08:27:42 UTC

This is a very informative article about the reconstruction era. This article was written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. who is a Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University

WEEK 4

etesfa3 — 2025-04-23 08:34:45 UTC

This also another time magazine! It's very interesting read about how reconstruction. Different perspective.

WEEK 5 :The Black Book

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:15:35 UTC

I think that this a very good video explaining who Toni Morrison is and the role she played in Black literature . Therefore if you have any friends or family members who are interested to learn about Toni Morrrison you could show them this video!

WEEK 6 : Black Power

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:15:57 UTC

I found this video made by PBS which I found interesting!

Angela Davis FBI poster was an attempt to criminalize multiple black activists and black people who looked like her, to create fear but it backfired and her poster became a symbol for Black power.

Angela Davis was an iconography for black power , her afro was a powerful symbol for freedom and black pride. When thinking about it her fro was multivalent, like rejection to assimilate to the Eurocentric beauty construct.

WEEK 7 : Black Arts Movement

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:16:17 UTC

This is a video I found that explained what the Black arts movement was, how it started and the impact it left! Overall very informative.

WEEK 8 : Black Aesthetic Theory & Practice

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:16:34 UTC

This video in youtube is an in-depth anaylsis on Black fashion /style. It was very interesting watch I highly highly recommend everyone to watch this!! Its interesting to see how trends of fashion can go all the way to slavery.

WEEK 9 : Afrosurrealism and Afrofuturism

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:16:51 UTC

I watched the show Atlanta and I felt like this video gives a really good explanation of how the show potrays afrosurrealism.

https://youtu.be/4c3n-vYuCug?si=NfEUN7QBrWKdG4WH this is a good video explaining what afrosurrealism is.

WEEK 5:

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:31:19 UTC

I would highly recommend everyone to check this out if they're highly interested in the history African-American literature . This article provides pivotal authors that played a key role in Black literature. + They mention some amazing book too that I would recommend everyone check out.

WEEK 5 & 7:

etesfa3 — 2025-05-30 00:55:21 UTC

This article discusses about the Harlem renaissance which was a impactful cultural movement by Black-Americans. The Harlem renaissance started in Harlem, New York and celebrated the creativity and culture of Black-Americans that flourished during challenging times. < I felt like this article fit with topics that were mentioned week 5 &7.>

WEEK 6:

etesfa3 — 2025-06-04 09:38:20 UTC

This article had an in-depth analysis of what Black nationalism and the ideologies that founded Black nationalism.This is one the quotes the have "Black Nationalism emerged in the early nineteenth century because African Americans felt a disconnect between American ideals--liberty, independence, democracy--and the everyday realities--slavery, racism, oppression--that they faced because of their skin color."(The Illusion of Inclusion: The Nubian Message in the 1990s)

WEEK 6:

etesfa3 — 2025-06-05 04:09:41 UTC

This is a website I found where you can see Black panthers newspapers from back then.

WEEK 7 & 8:

etesfa3 — 2025-06-05 04:41:24 UTC

This is one of my favorite music videos by kendrick!

The song is very meaningful, as every lyric has been written with a nuance.

THE MV showcases:

Black youths and the impact of music and representation
Police brutality
Black pride
Poetic narration ( ties in the 1st and 3rd bullet point)
Theres a lot more that this mv and the album to pimp a butterfly showcases I highly recommend everyone to check it out.

WEEK 8:

etesfa3 — 2025-06-05 05:10:55 UTC

To continue on with the topic of Black Aesthetic Theory & Practice. Many non-Black people use Blaccent which is having an accent that a black person raised in America would have and also heavily misuse AAVE ( African American Vernacular Language). This is an issue because there is a double standard , Black people get made fun of , judged and discriminated just based of the way they speak and look but when a non-black person uses AAVE they suddenly praised and given credit.

WEEK 9:

etesfa3 — 2025-06-05 05:16:31 UTC

The wizard of Oz was first released in 1939 introducing magic and futuristic elements. The Wiz was released in 1978 as recreation to the movie Wizard of Oz along with cultural significance.

The WIZ:

All black-Cast
Element of Afro-futurism
More elements of SciFi and tech
New York city = Land of OZ
The wiz was filmed with cultural significance of the Black Urban Life.