African Americans Studies

African Americans Studies is the study of the vital role African Americans played in the history and culture of America since its founding. An important part of this curriculum for African American Studies is devoted to creative research on the lives and work of prominent African Americans and to placing them within their cultural context.

African American Studies usually cover brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history such as:

Benjamin Banneker 1731-1806, Sojourner Truth 1797-1883, Harriet Jacobs 1813-1897, Alexander Crummell 1819-1898, Harriet Tubman 1821-1913, Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, George Washington Carver 1860-1943, Ida Wells-Barnett 1862-1931, W.E.B. Du Bois 1868-1963, Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955, Jessie Fauset 1882-1961, Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960, E. Franklin Frazier 1894-1962, James Langston Hughes 1902-1967, Charles Drew 1904-1950, Margaret Walker Born 1915, Malcolm X 1925-1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, Lorraine Hansberry 1930-1965, Colin Powell - Born 1937, Charlayne Hunter-Gault - Born 1942, August Wilson Born 1945, Carole Moseley-Braun - Born 1947, and Cynthia A. McKinney - Born 1955, just to name a few.

The African American Experiences is a collection of Black Studies to understand the Past, Present and Future of the People called African American!

"Wealth is to have your own Land, Language and Culture! Where is the Land of the African American? What is the Language? And, Where is the Culture of the people?"

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