african american culture

• African American culture

• Downplaying Difference: Historical Accounts of African American Midwives and Contemporary Struggles for Midwifery

Although accounts of how race (and class) punctuated the elimination of African American midwives are well documented,6 this article further explores how downplaying the racial privilege of white midwives, medical personnel, and other figures in African American midwives' narratives has problematic implications for a contemporary midwifery movement that prides itself on inclusivity and its benefit to all women. INFLUENCES ON THE CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FOR MIDWIVES The continued emphasis on the narrative accounts of African American midwives within the history of not only midwifery in the United States but also African American culture and life opens up possibilities for important discussions of race and the effects of a legacy of racism that still affects contemporary midwives in thei...

• Feminist Studies
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 2, July 2010

• New Museum Opens Sunday Trying to Correct Misconceptions of African- American Culture, History

African-American Museum of Beginnings creator Khalif Rasshan of Chino Hills hopes the cultural and historical displays will correct misconceptions, embrace understanding and, for black children and teens, build self-esteem. Awareness and education are top priorities for Rasshan, the retired Pomona alternative education and high school teacher. The museum, co-presented with Pomona Unified School District, will host its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in The Village at Indian Hill's Suite 188 at 1460 E. Holt Ave., Pomona.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• April 01, 2011

• Keeper of African American Culture

[Charles Bibbs]: They are things that I have experienced in the Black community, things that make people proud to be Black. Those are the things that I concentrate on. I don't concentrate on the negative things in our community. I concentrate on the positive things, and that was sort of a marketing decision because if you're decorating your home, I don't think you want to be reminded of all the miseries of life. The one thing I know about the subconscious mind is that it gravitates towards either negative or positive things. Images-three dimensional and two dimensional-are one thing that affect the subconscious mind. So, if you have positive images in your home, you'll have a tendency to think positive. If you have negative images in your home, if you wake up and you're constantly looki...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 21, 2009

• "Detroit was heavy": modern Jazz, Bebop, and African American expressive culture.

Recognition of Detroit's place in United States history has tended to range from the sensational, such as the two major racial explosions of 1943 and ...

• The Journal of African American History
• Vol. 95 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• Detroiter Becomes Director of African American Culture Program

Detroiter Chris Wilson, a long-time employee at Greenfield Village, has recently become director of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC) for the National Museum of American History, a division of the Smithsonian Institute. To that extent, I think we will be working with many African American museums across country," he said, adding that he participated in a forum the week of July 14 in Washington to discuss this. He described it as a "high energy discussion" which most of the most of the biggest African American museum leaders attended. Past PAAC programs have included exhibitions on the history and traditions of the Civil Rights Movement, historical and spiritual perspectives of the African Diaspora, 100 years of Black film, African American popular as poetic literature, vot...

• Michigan Chronicle
• July 31, 2009

• African-American Culture Re-Centered

Despite some advances in recent years, the design professions sometimes seem to have all the racial diversity of, say, the U.S Senate. So when these AfricanAmerican designers with national professional recognition converge ([Allison Williams] building was her stand-in), it's an event in Pittsburgh. (It's also just another day at the University of California - Berkeley faculty club: [Walter Hood] teaches there, and Williams serves on a university planning committee.) Similarly, [Neil Barclay]'s expressed desire to choose Williams' comparatively restrained proposal over other more adventurous options seems shrewder now than it might have at the time. Our architecturally adventurous convention center has experienced structural collapses during both construction and use. And the Cultural Tr...

• Pittsburgh City Paper
• October 15, 2009

• African-American Culture Expert to Speak at Bates

LEWISTON -- Alexander Weheliye, an authority on African-American culture at Northwestern University, will give a lecture, titled "Ring Ring Ring: Popular Music and Mobile Technologies,"on Monday, Feb. 14, at Bates College. His talk will be presented as part of the college's "Race in a Post-Human World," series, which explores the collapse of social categories caused by advances in technology.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• February 04, 2011

• 2009 Season of Excellence Poised to Conclude with World Premier Performances of 'Fearless' and 'Soul2soul' a Celebration of African American Culture and Arts

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- The Friends of the African American Research Library & Cultural Center (AARLCC) 2009 Season of Excellence is moving into its final presentations of the season with a Celebration of African American Culture and Arts with World Premier stage performances presented by Tony Thompson's Metropolitan Diversity Theatre, and Jubilee Dance Theatre, Inc., both performances will be held at the AARLCC, located at 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Friends of AARLCC is a not-for-profit organization comprised of Broward County citizens of all ages and from all walks of life that advocates for library services in the African American community, and provides resources to support library programs. The goal of the 2009 Season of Excellence series presented by the Frien...

• Westside Gazette
• October 01, 2009

• Trail of Courage Spotlights African-American Culture

African-American culture reigned throughout the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center Saturday for the second annual "Trail of Courage" program, offered by the Western Pennsylvania Girl Scouts-Trillium Council, occupying five of the center's six floors. The day included exhibiting artists works and instruction and began within the center's Great Hall with a display of Christine McCray-Betea's incredible recycling technique in the art of collage making she calls the "draw with scissors or tearing method" to create artful renderings.

• New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
• August 14, 2009

• Curtis Moody and Antoine Predock Selected for Design Shortlist for Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

WASHINGTON, D.C. Curt Moody and Antoine Predock are building on their dreams. Announced recently, the two architecture firms led by Moody and Predock, Moody Nolan and Antoine Predock Architect PC, have been named to the design shortlist for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Along with five other noted architecture teams, Moody and Predock will participate in the coveted design competition and submit a formal design proposal for the long-awaited cultural D.C. landmark. Moody and Predock will serve as co-designers, blending the internationally recognized design talents of Predock with the African American experience of Moody, a nationally distinguished designer and winner of both the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award from t...

• Call & Post; Cincinnati, Ohio
• September 04, 2009