Posted by: Annika Harris Filed in: galleries, news
1:30PM, Monday February 1st 2010
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The Frisky is marking Black History Month by highlighting the work and achievements of notable African-American women. Each Monday of this month, we’ll feature women whom we would have covered had we been their contemporaries and had the internet existed when they were making their marks. You might have heard of, or even studied, some of these African-American women before, but many aren’t very well known. This week we’re spotlighting notable artists and writers. Test your knowledge and learn a little trivia by clicking through the slideshow.
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lea322
wrote on February 1 2010 @ 01:53 pm: [report]
I adore Judith Jamison.
cattgirl813
wrote on February 1 2010 @ 02:13 pm: [report]
Thank you for sharing this. A good history lesson is always in style. I’m looking forward to the next three Mondays, too.
ohhfoggylullaby
wrote on February 1 2010 @ 04:24 pm: [report]
Great list, but one major mistake (which, after searching around the internet is completely understandable)—Hurston was also a very important anthropologist who worked with Franz Boas before embarking on a literary career. In fact, the ethnographies she wrote on the folk life of African Americans in Florida was a huge inspiration for her stories. Additionally, her use of BVE in her writings helped create a new discourse in the AA literary canon—the “proper” vs. “improper
use of BVE by Black writers. This is all understandable because when I looked at her wiki page, there was only one mention of her work with Boas and very little about her career as one of the first African American female anthropologists ever. Again, loved the list, and definitely learned a few things. thanks