AP African American Studies / Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora
1.1 What Is African American Studies?
Notes
African American Studies is an interdisciplinary field that studies the history, culture, politics and experiences of people of African descent, using history, literature, the arts, sociology and more. It grew out of student activism in the 1960s.
Practice
African American Studies is interdisciplinary, meaning it:
Many perspectives.
The first Black Studies programs were created in the late 1960s largely because of:
San Francisco State, 1968.
The field studies people of African descent:
Global perspective.
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