Afro American Studies 1 Syllabus
Howard University Spring 2013 Semester
Introduction to Afro American Studies I1 AFRO 005, Section 005, CRN 10009
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-11:00 a.m. Ernest Everett Just [Biology Building] Auditorium2 Greg Carr, Ph.D., JD, Associate Professor3 Office: Founder’s Library, Room 3194 [202.806.7243 (direct office); gcarr@howard.edu; Twitter: @AfricanaCarr5 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m.; Thursdays, 5-7 p.m.; Also by Appointment
According to the Department of Afro-American Studies Course Description document, this course “provides a survey of selected major factors which helped create the African-American experience: the cultures of pre-colonial Africa, the slave experience in the Americas, life in post-rural and urban North America, etc.” 2 Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941), one of the most brilliant biologists of his generation, was born in South Carolina, was graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth, received the Ph.D. in Experimental Embryology from the University of Chicago and chaired Howard University’s Biology and Zoology Department from 1910 until his death. An NAACP Spingarn Medalist, Dr. Just was a leading figure in cell biology (particularly fertilization of marine mammal cells) and a central participant for a generation in the internationally-recognized biological research conducted at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He researched, lived and taught in Germany, Italy and France and was a founder of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. See Kenneth R. Manning, Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just. New York: Oxford University Press (1994); also Samantha Obuobi, “Just the Truth: Dr. Ernest Everett Just and Howard University,” BA Honors Thesis, Departments of Afro American
Introduction to Afro American Studies I1 AFRO 005, Section 005, CRN 10009
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:40-11:00 a.m. Ernest Everett Just [Biology Building] Auditorium2 Greg Carr, Ph.D., JD, Associate Professor3 Office: Founder’s Library, Room 3194 [202.806.7243 (direct office); gcarr@howard.edu; Twitter: @AfricanaCarr5 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m.; Thursdays, 5-7 p.m.; Also by Appointment
According to the Department of Afro-American Studies Course Description document, this course “provides a survey of selected major factors which helped create the African-American experience: the cultures of pre-colonial Africa, the slave experience in the Americas, life in post-rural and urban North America, etc.” 2 Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941), one of the most brilliant biologists of his generation, was born in South Carolina, was graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth, received the Ph.D. in Experimental Embryology from the University of Chicago and chaired Howard University’s Biology and Zoology Department from 1910 until his death. An NAACP Spingarn Medalist, Dr. Just was a leading figure in cell biology (particularly fertilization of marine mammal cells) and a central participant for a generation in the internationally-recognized biological research conducted at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He researched, lived and taught in Germany, Italy and France and was a founder of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. See Kenneth R. Manning, Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just. New York: Oxford University Press (1994); also Samantha Obuobi, “Just the Truth: Dr. Ernest Everett Just and Howard University,” BA Honors Thesis, Departments of Afro American
Bibliography: ” Research Essay for Children’s Defense Fund Advanced Service and Advocacy Workshop for HBCU Student Leaders, Clinton, TN (2003).