For hundreds of years, the American public education system has
neglected to fully examine, discuss, and acknowledge the vast and
rich history of people of African descent who have played a pivotal
role in the transformation of the United States. The establishment
of Black studies departments and programs represented a major
victory for higher education and a vindication of Black scholars
such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Nathan Huggins. This emerging field of
study sought to address omissions from numerous disciplines and
correct the myriad distortions, stereotypes, and myths about
persons of African descent. In An Introduction to Black Studies,
Eric R. Jackson demonstrates the continuing need for Black studies,
also known as African American studies, in university curricula.
Jackson connects the growth and impact of Black studies to the
broader context of social justice movements, emphasizing the
historical and contemporary demand for the discipline. This book
features seventeen chapters that focus on the primary eight
disciplines of Black studies: history, sociology, psychology,
religion, feminism, education, political science, and the arts.
Each chapter includes a biographical vignette of an important
figure in African American history, such as Frederick Douglass,
Louis Armstrong, and Madam C. J. Walker, as well as student
learning objectives that provide a starting point for educators.
This valuable work speaks to the strength and rigor of scholarship
on Blacks and African Americans, its importance to the formal
educational process, and its relevance to the United States and the
world.
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