>At 07:33 PM 3/2/98 EST, Shana Chambers wrote:
>>I also get a little annoyed when professors speak of African-American
history
>>through the eyes of slavery only.  African-Americans have contributed a
great
>>deal to America and this should also be emphasized.

        I'm not sure who the professor being refered to is, but there is no
question that this statement is true.  The subject being discussed on the
list  was the interpretation of slavery, not the African American
experience generally.  There was no intention on my part, or I am sure on
anyone else's to suggest that slavery was the sum total of the
African-Ameircan experience.  It was simply the subject under discussion.
In my post I did mention the need to include in any discussion the
preservation of African-Ameircan culture and family in a very oppressive
environment.


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Murray State University - Murray, KY 42071-0009
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