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October 13 2008

September 26, 2008

We Shall Independent Be: African American Place Making and the Struggle to Claim Space in the United States

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We Shall Independent Be: African American Place Making and the Struggle to Claim Space in the United States (University Press of Colorado, 2008) is the latest book by Associate Professor Leslie Alexander

With twenty chapters from leading scholars in African American history, urban studies, architecture, women’s studies, American studies, and city planning, “We Shall Independent Be ” illuminates African Americans’ efforts to claim space in American society despite often hostile resistance. As these essays attest, Black self-determination was central to the methods African Americans employed in their quest to establish a sense of permanence and place in the United States.

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Spotlight Archive

2008 Spotlights

09/26 We Shall Independent Be: African American Place Making and the Struggle to Claim Space in the United States (Leslie Alexander)

06/24 The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City ( Harvey J Graff)

06/16 Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India (Mytheli Sreenivas)

06/04 The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1800 (Jane Hathaway)

05/12 Goldberg Program 10th Anniversary Celebration

01/10 Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes: The Regulation of Female Sexuality During World War II (Marilyn Hegarty)
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