Maintains that, except from treatments of slavery as a legal condition, there was little coverage of African Americans in the first half-century of the "American Historical Review." Asserts, however, that coverage of black issues was even less in other scholarly journals. Reviews recent historiography related to African Americans. (CFR)

This paper examines: (1) the extent to which recently published textbooks used in United States history survey courses reflect a revised view of the historical relationship between the Caribbean region and the United States; and (2) whether recent shifts in research emphases and methodological expansions in the field of American history have…

Discusses the varieties of methodological approaches used by historians to understanding the emergence of slavery in the United States. (RK)

Shows the way in which Ralph Waldo Ellison--"a preeminent American moral historian"--reveals his approach to history in his essays and in his novel, "Invisible Man." (GW)

Chronicles the professional life of Carter G. Woodson, the person often credited with the rise of Afro-American history. Describes how white philanthropic organizations aided Woodson in his efforts to educate black citizens and establish black history as a legitimate field of study in U.S. colleges and universities. (JDH)

Blacks, especially Black historians, have a responsibility to define new standards for evaluating the past, rather than using the ideologies and criteria of Whites. (Author/MC)

Assesses the historiography of African-American education in terms of its appraisal of the Black struggle for education and its ability to contribute to the emancipation of Black. Evaluates the topical and thematic content and the dominant interpretive stances of three periods: (1) 1890s to the Great Depression, (2) 1930s-1960s, and (3) the late…

Describes how 4 historical, popular, culture mediums may be used to help stimulate student curiosity about the past and provide practice in using and understanding the historical method. Highlighting the slave experience, the mediums are: (1) the antislave almanac; (2) the dime novel; (3) the moving panorama; and (4) the propaganda play.…

Primary materials, namely ads about the sale of slaves and the capture of runaways, offer students insights into the nature of American slavery and valid evidence of its dehumanizing nature. (SM)

Reports on an examination of 14 American history texts for their content on the Southern Civil Rights Movement prior to the mid-1960s. Cites elitism, factual inaccuracy, and superficiality as common failings in many of these works. (Author/GC)

Provides a review of the literature on African American history and education, discussing four historical phases of scholarship and covering topics such as scholarship on African American women, segregation in public education, and criticism of "Brown v. Board of Education." Includes an extensive bibliography. (CMK)

Identifies three forms of racism in American historiography and literature: (1) outright anti-Black bias; (2) ignorance of Black accomplishments and the Black experience; and (3) Eurocentric "universalism," a euphemism for the refusal to discuss race and the particularities of Black history and culture. Also discusses mainstream scholars'…

Discusses five topics on African Americans that are essential to studying United States History in the years between 1760 and 1830: (1) African Americans in the Revolutionary War ; (2) the rise of free black communities; (3) early abolitionism; (4) the spread of slavery; and (5) black resistance to slavery. (CMK)

Traces the historiography of studies of slavery since the 1950s, emphasizing changing views of the socioeconomic underpinnings of the slave system, the experiences of slaves, the family and social systems of slaves, regional variations in slavery, the experiences of white slave owners, and socioeconomic differences between North and South. (DSK)