ANT-3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Melville J. Herskovits, Franz Boas, North Premier
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Great debate over the past of african americans: melville herskovits (student of franz boas) > the myth of the negro past . 1) blacks were child-like and adaptable to situations like slavery. 2) the african americans enslaved were the less intelligent members of the community, because they were unclear enough to get caught to be brought to. 3) slaves were all from di erent regions, so there was no common cultural background. 4) the slave"s culture was so inferior that they would have given them up for. European customs: 5) the negro is thus a man without a past , west african cultures contributed musical elements that resulted in the creation of. Jazz and east african culture helped shaped blues music: w. e. b. Du bois > rst african american to receive a ph. D: father"s lineage = patrilineal; mother"s lineage = matrilineal. Slave and free: the formation of african american culture, 1619-1863.
