Emmett Till, Civil Rights Movement and Technologies

Greetings, Class Community.

We watched a documentary and discussed The Emmett Till Case of 1955.  There are a few questions I would like you to consider and discuss in our digital class space. 

Please respond to the following questions:

1. Do you recognize discussions about The Great Migration and sundown towns being connected to the life, murder, and subsequent trial regarding Emmett Till? If so, what are those connections and how would you summarize the cause and effect relationship?

2.  Do you recognize our discussions about the miscegenation, 'racial purity' and 'erotic' freedom being connected to the life, murder, and subsequent trial regarding Emmett Till? If so, what are those connections and how would you summarize the cause and effect relationship of those terms and this event?

3.  How do you think 'new' technologies, such as the television, impacted the public reaction to the life, murder, and subsequent trial regarding Emmett Till? Please explain in a short paragraph of at least three sentences.

The links to the Emmett Till Documentaries: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvijYSJtkQk  - this is a much more personal documentaries 

African Americans in the Military and Double V Campaigns

The "Double V" campaign signaled 'victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home'.  This was a sentiment touted in African American newspapers and embraced within African American culture, becoming the battle cry of protest groups.    

Please consider the "Double V" campaign as we begin to discuss the long civil rights movement. 

The American Revolution 

The Civil War

 World War I

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

 Tuskegee Airmen of WWII

Korean War

 Vietnam War

Operation Desert Storm

Iraq War

Student Research Projects

from http://htrsc.byu.edu

Student Projects

bell hooks - http://aasbellhooks.weebly.com/accomplishments.html
Black Benevolent Societies - http://kristyncherry.wix.com/blackbenevolentsoc
Junius George Groves - http://juniusggroves.weebly.com
Vertner Woodson Tandy - http://jevonrobinson16.wix.com/vertnerwoodsoontandy
Notable African American Missionaries - http://kyafammissionaries.weebly.com/
Muhammad Ali - https://aas200kds.wordpress.com/
Lionel Hampton - http://lionelloehampton.weebly.com
Reginald Thomas - http://africanamericansinlaw.weebly.com
Dora Dean - http://dmal223.wix.com/lifeofdoradean
Nikky Finney - http://kennedibrown97.wix.com/nikkyfinneyaas
Thomas J. Craft Sr. - http://thomasjcraftsr.weebly.com
Jim Green - http://ktsm223.wix.com/aas260jimgreen
Raymond M Burse - http://oseijordan-aas-project.blogspot.com
Nellie Conley - http://madamenelly.weebly.com
Alice Dunnigan - http://adriennegriffith22.wix.com/alicedunnigan
Westley "Wes" Unseld - http://wesunseld.weebly.com
Race Riots in the Civil Rights Era - http://aaronpatrick.weebly.com
Dr. Grace Marilynn James - http://drgracejames.weebly.com
Lyman T Johnson - http://becauseofthem.weebly.com
Charles W Anderson Jr. - http://charleswandersonjr.weebly.com
African American Architecture - http://atu228.wix.com/kenafrarch
Sherman Lewis - http://shermlewis.weebly.com
John TBone Shelby - http://bcjo232.wix.com/johntshelbywebpage
Convict Labor System - http://maliahterry4.wix.com/convictlabor

Uses of the Erotic and The Loving Case

“For the first time in the history of the African presence in North America, masses of black women and men were in a position to make autonomous decisions regarding the sexual partnerships into which they entered.  Sexuality thus was on the most tangible domains in which emancipations was acted upon and through which its meaning were expressed.  Sovereignty in sexual matters marked an important divide between life during slavery and life after emancipations.” - Angela Davis, BluesLegacies and Black Feminism Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billy Holiday(page 4)

Report on Loving Case 1967

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaHhZ4IbVYY&list=PL377BBAD03A761C1B

Greetings, Students. 

We opened class by reading Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power in class.

We were discussing how miscegenation laws effected marriages and communities in United States.   Here is a news report on the Loving Case of 1967.  There is also an HBO Documentary and Showtime film produced by Hallmark Cinemas that explores the Loving Case  entitled Mr. and Mrs. Loving. (1996)

Please review the news clip and comment. How is this information in conversation with our reading and Angela Davis's statements about sex during slavery?

How does this information affirm, challenge or change your understanding of interracial relationships and marriages in the United States?

How do miscegenation laws disrupt notions of the American Dream?

More on the Lovings ...

Why We Laugh : Black Comedians on Black Comedy and a History Minstrelsy

Greetings, Class Community.

The picture above is of Bert Williams, the black actor that performed in blackface in the early 1900s. He was mentioned during our review.  We explored the history of Black entertainers within the context of historical racism and the legacy of minstrelsy.

from http://www.sodahead.com/fun/do-you-remember-moms-mabley/question-4064997/

How did our explorations affirm, change or complicate your understanding of African American Studies, the entertainment industry and American culture?

Medical Racism in African American Studies

Greetings, Class Community.

Medical racism in an understated discussion in African American Studies.  We explored this topic briefly in class. Please consider answering one or all of the following questions:

How does any of the information our class community discussed affirm, change or complicate your understanding of African Americans, African American Studies, or American Culture?    

How does any of the information our class community discussed affirm, change or complicate your understanding of medical history, birth control campaigns, and medical advancements in the US?

How does any of the information our class community discussed affirm, change or complicate your understanding of the history of the feminist movement?

Please don't hesitate to review your notes or research any additional information before commenting. 

Thinking about African Americans in Digital Space

from  http://teachbytes.com/2013/04/09/how-to-cite-social-media-mla-apa-formats/

Why Is Twitter More Popular With Black People Than White People?

New data confirms that Twitter's population is disproportionately black.    According to Edison Research's annual report on Twitter, black people represent 25% of Twitter users, roughly twice their share of the population in general.-> http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-study-results-2010-4

Here are two lectures about African Americans and Technology. The speakers featured are Jessica Marie Johnson, Howard  Rambsy, Mark Anthony Neal.  Please consider twitter and electronic archiving in the African American Community.  

A Day In The Life: Blacks At The Cutting Edge Of Innovation  "NPR's Tell Me More is again using social media to reach out to a new community of leaders — this time, to recognize black innovators in technology. African-Americans represent just 5 percent of America's scientists and engineers, according to a 2010 study by the National Science Foundation."

Please take a moment to learn more about the #NPRBlacksinTech movement and participate in the twitter discussion #NPRBlacksinTech.  Follow @blkintechnology @blackfemcoders @BlackGirlsCode  @BWIcomputing @MyBlackTechnology @digifeminist   

Stay in the 'know'.  More links:

• Blacks In Technology on NPR #nprblacksintech#tellmemorenpr
• Getting To Know Black Innovators, One Tweet At A Time
• I’m the official ‘Hashtagologist™’ for #NPRBlacksinTech – Here’s how YOU can participate!
• Why Isn't Open Source A Gateway For Coders Of Color?