Out of the Revolution

The introduction of "Black" studies programs into institutions of higher education was a direct response to the mandate for change at all levels that characterized the civil rights movement and the social rebellions of the 1950s and 1960s. In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of "Africana" studies. Topics addressed include epistemological considerations; humanistic perspectives; the role of bureaucracy and the academic institution; the social, psychological, political, and economic dimensions; the position of black women in the field; and how the discipline has empowered the black student. This invaluable resource for educators and students alike concludes with a look at graduates in Africana studies and their careers and a discussion of the future of the field.

Delores P. Aldridge is Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Emory University. Carlene Young is Professor Emerita of the Afro-American Studies Department at San Jose State University.

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Historical Development and Introduction to the Academy
Part 3 Theoretical and Philosophical Issues
Chapter 4 The Field and Function of Black Studies: The First Two Decades
Chapter 5 Paradigms in Black Studies
Chapter 6 Epistemological Considerations in Afro-American Studies
Chapter 7 Africana Studies and Epistemology
Part 8 Development and Institutionalization: The Twentieth Century
Chapter 9 Black Studies, Student Activism, and the Academy
Chapter 10 Africana Studies at Tennessee State University: Traditions and Diversity
Chapter 11 The Early Years of Three Major Professional Black Studies Organizations
Chapter 12 The Academy as an Institution: Bureaucracy and Black Studies
Chapter 13 Education in a Multicultural Society: The Role of Black Studies
Part 14 Black Women and Africana Studies
Chapter 15 Black Woman, Feminism, and Black Studies
Chapter 16 The Missing Link: Women in Black/Africana Studies
Chapter 17 Towards Integrating Africana Women into Africana Studies
Part 18 Social, Psychological, Political, and Economic Dimensions in Africana Studies
Chapter 19 Power and Group Identity Among African Americans: A Socio-Psychological Analysis
Chapter 20 In the Wake of Destruction: Ujamaa Circle Process Therapy and Black Family Healing
Chapter 21 Para-Apartheid: The Origins of a Construct for Understanding Organizing of the Black Ghetto
Part 22 Africana Studies in the Diaspora
Chapter 23 The Role of Traditional Black Colleges in Black Studies
Chapter 24 The Status of Africana/African Brazilian Studies at Selected Universities in Brazil
Chapter 25 The Afro-Mexican: A History Relatively Untouched
Part 26 Humanistic Perspectives in Africana Studies
Chapter 27 Toward an Understanding of the Black Image in the Visual Arts
Chapter 28 African American Humanism in an Age of Africana Studies
Chapter 29 African American Folklore and the Diaspora
Chapter 30 Africanism in African-American Music
Chapter 31 Black Theology, Black Churches, and Black Women
Chapter 32 Black Theology and the Black Woman
Part 33 Africana/Black Studies as an Agent of Empowerment for Student Development
Chapter 34 Political Philosophy and African Americans in Pursuit of Equality
Chapter 35 African-American Studies in Libraries: Collection Development and Management Priorities
Chapter 36 Public Education and African American Studies
Chapter 37 Stopouts: African American Participation in Adult Education
Chapter 38 Computers and Black Studies: Toward the Cognitive Revolution
Part 39 Africana/Black Studies in American Higher Education: Yesterday and Today
Chapter 40 Status of Africana Studies in Higher Education
Part 41 Prospectus on the Future
Chapter 42 Graduates and Careers
Chapter 43 Trends and Prognosis
Chapter 44 Summary and Conclusion