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Education Resources
Morris County Library
Visit the Morris County Library and discover more about the diverse history, culture, languages and arts of the African Diaspora. http://www.gti.net/mocolib1
Drew University - African American and Pan-African Studies
Drew University provides diverse course offerings in African American and Pan-African studies, including:
- African-American History: African Origins to 1877
An examination of the experiences that shaped African-American life from the period of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the end of Reconstruction. The course explores how Africans became African-Americans and how they reclaimed their culture, dignity, and humanity as individuals and as a community.
- Pan-African Studies
Pan-African Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers extensive study of the history, cultures, politics and socioeconomic structures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Students develop a comparative perspective in order to understand the rich network of linkages, movements and exchanges among African peoples; the complex geographical and cultural landscapes in which they make their lives; and the interactions among Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, and peoples of African descent. The program teaches students to use diverse historical, political, ethnographic, artistic and literary forms of analysis from the humanities; social and behavioral sciences; and fine arts.
- The Black Church in America
This course examines the various aspects of black religious life in America from African backgrounds to the present.
- Pan-African Choral Performance Course
Study and performance of representative choral music from the Pan-African music traditions of Africa, the Caribbean and the United States. Students will study and perform several genres that may include traditional and contemporary spirituals, hymns and gospel; work songs; blues; jazz; rhythm and blues; freedom and liberation songs; and classical arrangements. Students with skills in playing instruments are given the opportunity to participate as soloists and as accompanists.
For additional information, please contact:
Drew University
36 Madison Avenue
Madison NJ 07940
(973) 408-3000
http://www.drew.edu
County College of Morris - African American Studies
The County College of Morris offers the following courses in African American studies:
- African and African-American Literature
This course is intended to acquaint the student with the general themes of African and African American writers through a broad sampling of fiction and poetry.
- History of the African American Experience
This course is a survey of African Americans from their African origins to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the historical importance of slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction era, and segregation. Special attention will be given to 20th Century Black contributions to American life and thought, Black leadership issues and movements relevant to the Black experience.
County College of Morris
214 Center Grove Road
Randolph, NJ 07869-2086
(973) 328-5000
http://www.ccm.edu
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Community Organizations
Urban League of Morris County
13 ½ James Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 539-2121
wprimus@ulmcnj.org
www.ulmcnj.org
William Barber Jr.
NJ NAACP - Morris County
PO Box 2256
Morristown, NJ 07962
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