A community of inquiry and pride in central Alabama. Creating Community explores how faculty members at Alabama State University, a historically black university in Montgomery, have been inspired by the legacy of African American culture and the civil rights movement and how they seek to interpret and extend that legacy through teaching, scholarship, and service. Authors describe a wide range of experiences from the era of segregation to the present day. These include accounts of growing up and going to college in Alabama, arriving in the South for the first time to teach at ASU, and the development of programs such as the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture. Together, the essays present viewpoints that reflect the diverse ethnic, cultural, and academic backgrounds of the contributors and of the university.
Author(s): Karl E. Westhauser, Karl E. Westhauser, Ms. Jennifer A. Fremlin, Ms. Jennifer A. Fremlin, Elaine M. Smith, Elaine M. Smith, Frank M. Moorer, Janice R Franklin, Margaret Holler Stephens, Sunita George, Kathy Dunn Jackson, Virginia M. Jones, Annie P. Markham, John Moland Jr, Robert Ely
Edition: 1
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 193
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 14
PART ONE. ALABAMA: BLACK-WHITE MIX......Page 30
1. You Can Go Home Again......Page 32
2. E Pluribus Unum: Discovering Multiculturalism......Page 48
3. Genesis of the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture......Page 56
PART TWO. REGION-WIDE: SEAMLESS FIT......Page 66
4. I Go to College......Page 68
5. Living a Womanist Legacy......Page 83
6. I Pledge Allegiance to My “Black-Eyed Susan” University......Page 94
PART THREE. NON-SOUTHERN: WHAT DIFFERENCE?......Page 106
7. Portrait of the Artist as a Young White Man......Page 108
8. City on a Hill......Page 114
9. Called Home......Page 123
PART FOUR. INTERNATIONAL: ALL WELCOME......Page 144
10. “You’re Not White, You’re Canadian”: Where I Belong......Page 146
11. The Color Brown: An Asian’s Perspective......Page 153
Afterword......Page 164
Appendix: America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities......Page 170
Bibliography......Page 174
Contributors......Page 180
Index......Page 184
Photographs follow page 88......Page 102
