A Companion to African-American Studies [Hardcover]

• Contains original essays by expert contributors in the field of African-American Studies
  
• Creates a groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of the field
  
• Includes a series of reflections from those who established African American Studies as a bona fide academic discipline
  
• Captures the dynamic interaction of African American Studies with other fields of inquiry.

Preface and Acknowledgments.

Note on the Text.

Introduction: On Working through a Most Difficult Terrain. (Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon).

Part I: Stones That Former Builders Refused.

1. On My First Acquaintance with Black Studies: A Yale Story. (Houston Baker, Jr.).

2. Sustaining Africology: On the Creation and Development of a Discipline. (Molefi Kete Asante).

3. Dreams, Nightmares, and Realities: Afro-American Studies at Brown University, 1969-1986. (Rhett Jones).

4. Black Studies in the Whirlwind: A Retrospective View. (Charlotte Morgan-Cato).

5. From the Birth to a Mature Afro-American Studies at Harvard, 1969-2002. (Martin Kilson).

6. Black Studies and Ethnic Studies: The Crucible of Knowledge and Social Action. (Johnnella E. Butler).

7. A Debate on Activism in Black Studies.

(Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Manning Marable).

8. Singing the Challenges: The Arts and Humanities as Collaborative Sites in African American Studies. (Herman Beavers).

9. On How We Mistook thló¡