Reclaiming the Black past : the use and misuse of African American history in the twenty-first century / Pero Gaglo Dagbovie.

"In this information overloaded twenty-first century, it seems impossible to fully discern or explain how we know about the past. But two things are certain. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we all think historically on a routine basis. And our perceptions of history, including African America...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2018.
Subjects:
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xiv, 224 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Use and misuse of African American history in the 21st century
Format: Book

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505 0 |a "None of our hands are entirely clean" : Obama and the challenge of African American history -- Honoring "the gift of Black folk" : the contested meaning of Black History Month -- Dramatizing the Black past : twenty-first century Hollywood portrayals of Black history -- "Everything is funny" : humor, Black history, and African American comedians -- "So long in coming" : political and legal attempts to right past wrongs. 
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