A Harvest for the People: P. Sterling Stuckey, Activist and Scholar

To state it differently, the American Negro, in Du Bois's analysis, was in the predicament of learning about himself and herself, about her native potential, her intelligence, her beauty, her historical contributions, her social standing and value to society, and her future prospects through &q...

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Published inThe Journal of African American history Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 374 - 384
Main Author Gomez, Michael A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Silver Spring Association for the Study of African American Life and History 22.09.2006
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Achievements and awards
African American culture
African American studies
African Americans
African art
African culture
African diaspora
Appreciation
Civil rights movements
Consciousness
Folk music
Folklore
History
Learning
Racism
Slavery
Social aspects
Social interaction
Stuckey, P. Sterling
United States history
California
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Summary:To state it differently, the American Negro, in Du Bois's analysis, was in the predicament of learning about himself and herself, about her native potential, her intelligence, her beauty, her historical contributions, her social standing and value to society, and her future prospects through "the prism of American racism" (another Stuckeyan turn of phrase). The circumstances of residence and social interaction, a quartering of black folk whether at rest or in motion, resulted in the engineering of demographic patterns so dramatic and stark as to even provide a template for South African apartheid, rigidifying the relational prison.
ISSN:1548-1867
2153-5086
DOI:10.1086/JAAHv91n4p374