Category Archives: African American Studies

New Primary-Source Database: History Vault, Black Freedom I and II

photo, Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington in the Statler Hotel, half-length portrait, seated at table

The Georgia State University Library now provides access to two modules of the ProQuest History Vault, a project involving the digitization of historical primary sources previously available on microfilm. These two modules focus on 20th-century African-American history and are a … Continue reading

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New Faculty Publication and Book Talk/Signing: We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement

The Georgia State University Department of African-American Studies announces the publication of Prof. Akinyele Omowale Umoja‘s new book We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement (2013; on order). Prof. Umoja will give a talk and sign … Continue reading

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Trouble Accessing Articles?

Looking for a specific article? Here’s how to tell if the library has it and how to get a copy if we don’t. Step 1: Find It @ GSU You’ll be able to access articles in journals the library subscribes … Continue reading

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Department of African-American Studies Speaker: Dr. Deborah Gray White, “Lost in the USA: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality on the Eve of the Millennium”

Deborah Gray White

Dr. Deborah Gray White, Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University, will speak at Georgia State University on Wednesday, April 24. Dr. White is the author of the groundbreaking historical study of female slavery, Ar’n’t I a Woman? … Continue reading

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Department of History’s 2013 Dale Somers Memorial Lecture: Dr. Tyler Stovall, “Consumerism and Resistance: Paris 1919″

Prof. Tyler Stovall

The Department of History will host its 2013 Dale Somers Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 26. Dr. Tyler Stovall, Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley, will speak on “Consumerism and Resistance: Paris 1919.” Dr. Stovall is … Continue reading

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Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaker: Dr. Roopali Mukherjee, “Cadillac Consumer: Black Material Culture and the Care of the Racial Self”

cover, Roopali Mukherjee and Saran Banet-Weiser, eds., Commodity Activism: Cultural Resistance in Neoliberal Times

The Georgia State University Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (formerly the Women’s Studies Institute) proudly announces the final speaker in their 2012-2013 Speakers Series, on the theme of “Progressive Cool, Inc.: The Commodification of Progressive Politics.” Dr. Roopali … Continue reading

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Alexandria Okeke Wins 2013 Undergraduate Research Award

Alexandria Okeke, 2013 Undergraduate Research Award Winner

Georgia State University sophomore Alexandria Okeke says she hopes to change the world we live in. She’s just taken a great step toward that goal with her paper “A Culture of Stigma: Black Women and Mental Health.” Okeke received the … Continue reading

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Domestic Workers records available online

The records of the National Domestic Workers Union (NDWU) have been digitized by Gale/Cengage Learning and made available through their Archives Unbound database. Gale, “a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses,” approached the Southern … Continue reading

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GSU Oral History Roundtable meeting February 22

The next meeting of the Georgia State University Oral History Roundtable will meet February 22, 2013, at noon in the Colloquium Room on Library South 8. Staff from the Library’s Special Collections and Archives will present on the department’s oral … Continue reading

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New Book by Sociology Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield

GSU Prof. Adia Harvey Wingfield and No More Invisible Man book cover

Check out GSU Sociology Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield’s latest book examining the experiences of middle-class, professional black men: Wingfield, A. H. (2013). No more invisible man: Race and gender in men’s work. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. “No More Invisible … Continue reading

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