Understanding the importance of African-American studies 4 Articles

by Susan S. Davis

As a child of the Civil Rights Movement, I was the first white student to attend what was then called, "Black History Class" at Chicago's South Shore High School in the 1970s. In order to "qualify" for the class, I was as...read more

by Tom Koecke

If there is anything we should learn from history, it is that we have not learned from history. In order to pass a test, children are taught that the correct answer to the question "Who discovered America" is "Christopher ...read more

by Cherryl Floyd-Miller

African-American Studies is the bright, articulate love child of a feeling of *invisibility* among black students and the 1960s and 70s protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Black students enrolled in some of the nati...read more

by Chad Morgan

Attending a liberal arts college in the mid 1990's, the importance of a liberal arts education was always stressed. The main objective of a liberal arts education is to expose a student to all types of cultures and ways o...read more