African American studies

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academic discipline area studies interdisciplinary field

African American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of people of African descent, particularly in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
African-American studies	2
Black studies	2
Afro-American studies	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ area studies ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ
drawsFrom	anthropology ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ gender studies ⓘ history ⓘ literary studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ queer studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ
emergedFrom	Black Power movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement
emergedIn	1960s ⓘ
focusesOn	African American art ⓘ African American culture ⓘ African American history ⓘ African American literature ⓘ African American philosophy ⓘ African American politics ⓘ African American religion ⓘ African American sociology ⓘ African diaspora ⓘ people of African descent in the United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Africana studies ⓘ African American studies ⓘ surface form: Afro-American studies African American studies ⓘ surface form: Black studies
hasGoal	analyze structures of racial power ⓘ center Black experiences in academia ⓘ challenge Eurocentric curricula ⓘ preserve African American cultural heritage ⓘ promote social justice ⓘ
isTaughtAt	colleges in the United States ⓘ universities in the United States ⓘ
relatedTo	African diaspora ⓘ surface form: African diaspora studies African studies ⓘ American studies ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ
studies	African American education ⓘ African American film ⓘ African American music ⓘ African American popular culture ⓘ African American social movements ⓘ Black Power movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement Jim Crow laws ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ surface form: Reconstruction era in the United States intersectionality ⓘ racial identity ⓘ racial inequality in the United States ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angela Bassett → fieldOfStudy → African American studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American studies

Division of Social Sciences (UC Berkeley L&S) → fieldOfStudy → African American studies ⓘ

Cornel West → fieldOfWork → African American studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American studies

Kathleen Cleaver → fieldOfWork → African American studies ⓘ

Sonia Sanchez → fieldOfWork → African American studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black studies

African American studies → hasAlternativeName → African American studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black studies

African American studies → hasAlternativeName → African American studies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-American studies

Mules and Men → influenced → African American studies ⓘ

The Myth of the Negro Past → influenced → African American studies ⓘ

African American literature → isStudiedIn → African American studies ⓘ

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves → usedIn → African American studies ⓘ