Dram 287 1st Edition Exam 1 Study Guide Lectures 1 6 Lecture 1 January 7 Movie Ethnic Notion Images of this show played a pivotal role in black history after the 1940s Black characters had Big lips Big butts Loud laughing Black man Big white eyes Nappy hair Rhapsody Black Man Happy Sambee created the stereotype of black men Rice developed the idea of the black man through the Jim Crow dance from a man that was crippled when he presented it in a black face Lecture 2 January 14 The Escape or A Leap for Freedom Africans in American Part I II Slavery is a controversial issue that isn t talked about in history and still is affecting us today Slavery institution built on fear 5 Things that made United States Great Britain wealthiest in the country Cotton trade Tobacco Rice Sugar cane Indigo East African Slave trade Atlantic Slave Trade 1537 1870 Chinese Indians 1830 illegal to trade slaves but okay to breed them Dutch Portuguese biggest slave traders 1600 1863 Used slaves for canons slave strips making Founded lower Manhattan until British took over Zanzibar island where most Arabs came to buy slaves Slave Ports Castles Door of No Return door you exited as a slave to get on the ship Elmina Castle built in 1400s by Portuguese where Columbus stayed Isle de Goree has two forts most islands did to keep Africans from invading escaping Cape Coast castle large near Elmina had canons to fight on one side Christopher Columbus 1482 Columbus went to African w Portuguese which were the biggest slave trades Brazil has the most black people after African Never made it to the US always thought he was in Asia Mistreated Spanish people Miracle trade 60 90 days up to 6 months Slavery and Colonization First slaves were indigenous servants Jamestown was named after King James Paid many people to write bible Owner of Royal African Company promoted slavery New York Largest slave state colony Used to be called New Hampshire Massachusetts First colony Lecture 3 Alice Childress Trouble In Mind Wine in the Wilderness Fought for the Gullah people Grew up in SC to live w grandma in Harlem Always confronting someone w something Not educated Race woman services as an example for race Mentor Didn t have a lot of money First African Amer Female to have a play produced in New York Created Florence 1949 Gold through the Trees 1952 Trouble in Mind 1955 Wedding Band 1966 1944 Tony nomination for Blanche in Anne Lucasta Dilemma of light skinned actresses Couldn t get certain roles because she was light skinned Wine in the Wilderness About classism Tommy s looking for someone to love her wearing the mask Turning point Bill telling her about the triptych Bill learns to love her Lecture 5 The African Grove Theatre 1821 24 New York Founder William Alexander Brown James W Hewlett Brown First African American producer Wrote his own play King Shot Had a tea garden that turned into a theater Several whites would buy all the tickets torture the actors Many ideas came from London since playwright was still developing Brown s biggest competitor Stephen Price Park Theater James W Hewlett Brown famous in Europe first African American actor acted as Shakespeare Ira Frederick Aldridge July 24 1807 Aug 7 1867 Became the best black Shakespeare New African grove Theatre company in Atlanta Georgia Lecture 6 Angelina Weld Grimke Angelina 1880 1958 was Rachel 7 years old sent to stay with father close w father lesbian lost her mind after father s death very na ve about racism didn t have her mother Father Archibal H Grimke President of the NAACP Slave of Henry Archibal s father Henry White slave owner Wanted his son to take care of his slaves mistress Archibal s aunts Angelina Grimke Weld 1805 1879 and Sarah Grimke Abolitionist Archibal s wife Sarah Standly separated after 3 years Angelina s Uncle created M Street High School Dunbar High School helped black students prepare for prestigious schools Charlotte Forten Grimke took care of Angelina a lot Rachel First full black play w all black actors Performed in DC A Race play Controversial play Purpose for white women to understand lynching through the idea of motherhood The last name of the characters Loving portrayed a different perspective of women Mrs Loving sower hard working Tom has an engineering degree Rachel domestic science Neither can find work John Strong portrayal of a strong black man w engineering degree Mrs Loving s husband newspaper editor Family went North when father was lynched and lynching destroys families effects Tom Rachel causes them not to be married or have children Niggah hateful word Land of the Wonderful perfect world Rachel wanted for the children Used the name Rachel in relations to the bible story of being barren Willis Richardson 1889 1977 Wrote Deacon s Awakening in 1920 Student at M Street High School English teacher Mary Burill Angelina Grimke born in Wilmington NC in 1889 Inspired by Rachel the play to write plays Experienced the Wilmington 1898 race traumatized him causing him not to discuss violence in his plays Speculation mother grandmother older sister mother biological father white man Died 1977 from Padgett s Disease Deacon s Awakening The Black Press The Colored American 1837 1841 created to educate subscribers Jan 7 1837 Samuel E Cornish Philip A Bell Charles Bennett Ray Original name Weekly Advocate Name change Robert Sears March 4 1837 Publication printed published every Saturday by Robert Sears Cost 1 50 per annum yearly annually 4 6 pgs per issue Editor Samuel E Cornish The Crisis Magazine 1911 1921 produced for the educated African American readers Founded in 1910 House magazine of NAACP Most widely read influenced magazine Publication reached a national audience within 9 years Peaked at about 100 000 Based out of New York Editors W E Bughardt Du Bois Jessie Fauset in 1912 The Christian Recorder 1861 1872 Founded 1848 first issue published before Civil War July 1 1852 Founder AME Zion Church Original Name The Christian Herald Purpose To produce a novelty that devotes interest to the best of mankind Focus Religion Morality Science Literature Became official newspaper for the AME church Goal instill a sense of national community Oldest continuously black newspaper in the United States Cost 1 00 yearly The Christian Recorder 1873 1883 Pittsburgh Courier 1911 1919 Established 1907 by Edwin Harleston One of the top selling black newspapers by 1930 Famous contributors Marcus Garvey W E B Dubois Zora Neal Hurston Purpose to empower blacks