aa culture

  1. xoxodede

    Book: "Exchanging Our Country Marks" - The Creation of the Distinct AA/ADOS Ethnic Group

    In Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South, Michael A. Gomez examines the creation of a distinct African American identity among slaves of differing African identities in colonial North America. He draws largely upon the work...
  2. Rhapture

    Ace Boon Koon

    Is that a term that the black community should retire?
  3. NoirDynosaur

    AA history beyond slavery

    More evidence is being found on this discovery. Was Columbus not the first? How did Afrikans reach the Americas? Why is this coming out now? Stay tuned. Turn your volume up
  4. Captain Crunch

    ADOS Gang, What Are The Qualifications for ADOS Benefits?

    Having a group chat with a couple relatives of mine, and my cousin says the idea of land grants and business grants solely for ADOS is complicated due to some of us having consanguineal bloodlines. I respond by saying that if you classified yourself as black and can trace your ancestry to ACS...
  5. NoirDynosaur

    First film to feature Black Love (1898)

    :ohhh::myman: (A 1898 film may be the earliest known on-screen depiction of African-American love)
  6. Brer Dog

    Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap

    COMMUNITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap September 22, 2014 | LaMont Hamilton |Comments Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the 1960s and 1970s, including the...
  7. Brer Dog

    Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap

    COMMUNITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap September 22, 2014 | LaMont Hamilton |Comments Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the 1960s and 1970s, including the...
  8. T'krm

    #AAgang...There is a flipside

    AAgang, it's nice to see finally see genuine understanding w/o the ridiculous, repetitive gas lighting; especially @2:38:blessed: Although such acknowledgement should be the rule, and not the exception! But imagine so:jbhmm:
  9. Neuromancer

    Where was hip-hop created?

    Honest question. :ohhh: I was of the impression it started in the boogie down. @MoroccanBoy claims it was Jamaica..Which is it.m:ohhh:
  10. Slangtonomo

    Suggestions for American Black culture?

    I feel a big part of your culture are things that are unique to your group. This is difficult because we fall under the American umbrella, yet we're not treated like other American's. So what are some things unique or originating with American Blacks? Even if they've been coopted by cacs, if we...
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