AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 2Outline of Last Lecture I. “African” Americans and Africa Outline of Current Lecture II. 19th Century EducationIII. Ethiopianism: Ancient Egypt + Cush + Ethiopia = Negro Race IV. Absent Africa [19th/20th]V. Black Scholars in African Diasporic Framework [Late 19th Century]Current LectureI. 19th Century Education- Very dependent on Eurocentric western learning: Measured in European terms - Thought Africa was shrouded in darkness- African Americans = Always argued with this - 19th/20th century = Africans shaped own history and meaning within themselves o Put several civilizations together = “Ethiopianism”II. Ethiopianism: Ancient Egypt + Cush + Ethiopia = Negro Race - Lots of African Americans adopted ancient Egyptians o 25th dynasty = really rich and from Cusho Exhibitions = Popular and helped black self-esteemo Ethiopia = Place of people that resembled Egyptians o Frederick Douglas Wanted to connect people to Ethiopian past People started realizing potential for future progress o Treaties being signed… Father of Black Nationalism signed to permit settlement of Black Americans in Nigeria III. Absent Africa [19th/20th]- People divided subject of modern Africa and ancestry o Frederick Douglas: Stressed “American-ness”- Blacks and Whites saw Africa as a dark continent These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Distanced themselves from Africa- Called them ‘colored people’ ‘negroes’o Not continent nameIV. Black Scholars in African Diasporic Framework [Late 19th Century]- Start higher education- Begin to create history- Prejudice: NO interest in American culture- People making black historyo George Washington Williams = Published 2 volumes of Af. Amer History- Black Scholars brought African diaspora into views of a lot of Af. Americans- American Negro Academy o Highly educated with international experience - Explaining knowledge of themselves and
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