Emmett Till: Fuel for the Freedom Movement?

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 our discussions about the Black Belt South (presented by Prof. Marcus Bernard) 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 and 'racial purity' 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.

Dr. Hill

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

Greetings, Class. 

Today we are going to be discussing liberation and African Americans in the Civil War.  I will be listing a number of questions that we will explore in the physical classroom and the online class community.  Some questions may require additional research. 

Yours truly, 

Dr. Hill

Questions:

1. When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln’s primary objective?
2. What were the initial reactions to Black Men volunteering to fight in the Civil War?  Why is this rejection important? Is it a type of affirmation? Is it déjà vu? Explain.
3. Explore the notion of claiming slaves during the Civil War as contraband.  What are you considerations about ‘contraband’ status of slaves? Positive or negative?
4. What is the relationship between colonization and emancipation? Explain in 2 or 3 sentences.
5. What were the limits to Emancipation Proclamation?
6. Review The Steps to Emancipation on page 276.
7. What were the steps associated with Black men fighting for the Union Armies?
8. Who is Elizabeth Keckley?  What were the ironies or hypocrisies associated with her story?
9. Research and compile a list that contains each of the African American regiments associated with Civil War.
10. What were some of the acts of discrimination, including acts of abuse and murder,  that the Black soldiers experienced in the Civil War?
11. *What is the history of the Union Armies and Irish immigrants that came to the US during the war years?
12. Research Harriet Tubman’s role as a liberator, spy, and guide? Who were some other liberators, spies, and guides mentioned?
13. List all the ways Black people continued to contribute to the sustainability of Southern culture. 289-292.
14. How many Blacks soldiers fought for the Union cause?
15. Interpret Lincoln’s statement, “ And then there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it. “

Dr. Kaila Story - Friday 9/27 in the Law Building, Room 110

Greetings, Class.


Dr. Kaila Story will be giving a lecture to a large group of students on Friday, September 27, 2013 at Noon. We will attend this lecture for our class session.   The lecture will be given in the Law Building Room 110.  




Be on time or early! :)





Kaila Story

Ph.D. in African American Studies and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, Temple University, 2007.

Dr. Kaila Story is Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, with a joint appointment in the Department of Pan-African Studies. She holds the Audre Lorde Chair in Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.


Her research explores the intersections of race, class, and sexuality in identity performance, mass media, body politics, and the like. She is assessing how reality television posits Black and Female identity and reinforces past controlling images of Black women. Her other research interests are Gender Socialization, Transnational Sexualities, Black feminisms, and Transnational Feminisms. 



Dr. Story also spoke about some of the insights from bell hooks.  Here are some of bell hooks theories and cultural criticism.


bell hooks - cultural criticism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLMVqnyTo_0&list=PL5A99EF9376125764

Chattel Slavery, Demographics of the Colonies and Miscegenation in the Americas

Greetings, Class.

Over the past week we have discussed demographic information associated with the Trans-Atlantic Slavery, the establishment of the Chesapeake Region and Carolinas, as well as ideas and policies associated with miscegenation (bi-racial, multi-ethnic identity). 


Considering what you read and previously understood about slavery in the Americas, list or describe what new information you have acquired or your new understanding about slavery in the Americas.


How does it complicate or change your previous notions about slavery in the Americas and African American life and culture?


Yours truly,

Dr. Hill

Intersections and Overlap

Greetings.

In class we are discussing African Americans in Colonial America. Do you recognize any overlapping information or intersecting ideas from the novel A Mercy, "Chapter 1" from The African-American Odyssey, and Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation?

Please post your conclusions here.  If you worked with others, please include their names when discussing collective ideas. 

Dr. Hill

Local Cultural Events

Greetings, AAS 200.

I am listing local cultural events pertaining to African American and ethnic studies. Most of them are free. You may want to check them out. 

Monday, Oct 21 - 7:00 pm W.T. Young Library @ University of Kentucky

"Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism"

Past Events:
September 1^st  3-5pm. The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, are happy to announce the Lyric Theatre’s Summer Film Series. This free  film series will take a nostalgic look back at a variety of films defining different eras in African American cinema. From the musical styling of Lena Horne in the 1943 classic ‘Stormy Weather’ to the comedic styling of Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in 1975′s ‘A Piece of the Action’, the films in this series serve to both entertain and also provide a chance for a younger generation to participate in the movie-going experience and culture of times past.

September 7, 2013 10am – 12pm

This two mile walking tour will start at The Lyric Theatre and proceed out E. Third Street to the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, up Nelson Avenue to William Wells Brown School, down Fifth Street to Race Street and back to Third Street. Participants will learn of the plans for the Memorial Art Garden, the development of Nelson Avenue, the history of the old Kentucky Association Race track and of the housing that developed on the property. As we come down Race Street more information about the residents on the street and why the name was changed from Lincoln Street to Race Street. Tour will be led by local Historian Yvonne Giles. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing suitable for the weather.

September 7, 2013 - Roots and Heritage Festival at the Lyric Theatre

Affrilachian Poets Showcase

4:00pm “Coal Black Voices” documentary

Coal Black Voices is an intimate mosaic of images, poetry, and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they give glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region.

5:00pm “Affrilachian Poets Showcase”

As experienced in The Roots & Heritage Festival’s initial years, The Lyric Theatre is bringing back the Affrilachian Poets- this time to The Lyric stage.

Saturday, September 7th 4pm – 5pm at the Lyric Theater. Monica Blackmun Visona`, Ph.D. is giving a gallery talk in the exhibit of African objects hosted by the Lyric Theater,  addressing questions like:

•      If you purchase a statue from an African vendor, are you stripping the continent of its cultural heritage? 

•      Why would sculptors in Cameroon create bronze images of Nigerian king?  

•      Is the mask that you purchased in Kinshasa worth any money today?  

Remember that the Roots and Heritage festival will in full swing, so leave enough time to find a place to park.

September 9, 8:00 pm at Transylvania University 
Malian artist will be performing at Transylvania University. The concert is free and it's at 8pm.  More details on the event can be found in the link below.
http://www.transy.edu/about/spotlight/SidiTourePoster.pdf

Thursday Sept. 12 at 10 PM
Free screening of THE GREAT GATSBY, co-sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta and the Night Night Film Series. Get there early, at 9:30 or so, to get a good seat, free popcorn, and a chance to win our drawing or our trivia contest.  Prizes include copies of THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, set at Princeton University),  the soundtrack to GATSBY, Starbucks giftcards, and more.

Sleep Dealer is set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences where three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology

Thursday, September 19 5:30
Diversity in the Headlines: Stand Your Ground- A Dialogue on the Trayvon Martin Trial
Thursday, September 19^th in the Martin Luther King Center @ 5:30pm - Soup Provided!!!
 
Sep. 25th, 7:30 PM at the MLK Center. Gustavo Arrellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America and the syndicated Ask a Mexican column, will be giving a talk for the UK's Year of Mexico.

Oct 8 Carnegie Center - Kentucky Great Writers series reading event. 

The fun starts at 7:00 with an open mic, and we hope GCWA members will come out and read their works! There is a 3 minute limit per reader. Then at 7:30, we’ll have readings by thriller writer David Bell (Never Come Back), Affrilachian Poet Kelly Norman Ellis (Offerings of Desire), and Kentucky Literary Award Winner James C. Nicholson (Never Say Die). Admission is free.