Blog - Page 2 of 3 - AfroPerspectives

Historian

Dr Yosef Ben-Jochannan

Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan (1918 – 2015) – The Uncompromising Champion of African Historical Truth Life and Career Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, affectionately known as “Dr. Ben,” emerged as one of the most formidable scholars in Afrocentric

Historian

Dr John Henrik Clarke

Dr. John Henrik Clarke (1915 – 1998) – Historian, Educator, and Pan-Africanist Visionary Life and Career Dr. John Henrik Clarke was an African American historian, professor, and staunch Pan-Africanist whose groundbreaking scholarship reshaped the study

Breadcrumb Clues

Whatever Happened to the American Negro

The Identity Crisis of So-Called African-American and Black People Are Black people really Black? What does it mean to be a Black man or a Black woman? Is “Black” a real racial identity? Is Black

Media Literacy

Media and Your Mind

What if Media has an effect on what people think, what they believe, how they speak, and ultimately how they act? Media Literacy I admit it! Before we even get started, I want you to

History

Asa Hilliard

Asa G. Hilliard III: A Champion of African-Centered Education Asa Grant Hilliard III (1933–2007), also known as Nana Baffour Amankwatia II, was an African American educator, psychologist, and historian who dedicated his life to promoting

Psychology

Amos Wilson

Amos N. Wilson: A Visionary Scholar of African-Centered Psychology Who Was Dr. Amos Wilson? Amos Nelson Wilson (1941–1995) was an African American theoretical psychologist, social theorist, and Pan-African thinker whose work focused on the psychological,

History

Carter G Woodson

The Father of Black History Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) was an American historian, author, and journalist, widely regarded as the “father of Black history.” Born to formerly enslaved parents in New Canton, Virginia, Woodson overcame

History

Ivan Van Sertima

Scholar of African Civilizations and Pre-Columbian Contact Theories Dr. Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (1935–2009) was a Guyanese-born British scholar, author, and associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University. Best known for his controversial book They

History

Runoko Rashidi

Scholar, Traveler, and Advocate for African History Runoko Rashidi, born on August 16, 1954, in South Central Los Angeles, emerged as a prominent scholar and researcher during the Black Power Era. At 19, he adopted