AFAM 170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Eurocentrism, Negro Academy, Gunnar Myrdal
6 Sep 2016
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Chapter 1: the intellectual and institutional development of africana studies. Organizations began to document, record, and analyze the history, culture, and status of african peoples. 1881: the bethel literary and historical association of washington, 1897: philadelphia"s american negro historical society, washington. Lorenzo j. greene, charles h. wesley, e. franklin. Frazier, ralph j. bunche, charles s. johnson, abram. 1911: new york"s negro society for historical research. 1915: association for the study of afro-american (negro) life and. 1916: launch of journal of negro history. 1926: national observance of negro history week (now black. Started with gunnar myrdal & his study of black america. Myrdal believed blacks were americans with no african background and that assimilation was inevitable. 1944: two-volume study, an american dilemma: the negro problem and modern democracy, published. Important influence on academic study, especially that of white academics. John w. burgess, columbia university: a race that has never created any civilization of any kind.
