Panel Discussion: What Africa Should Mean to Us Today

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names: Anacostia Community Museum; Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Cobb, Charles E., Jr.; Cox, Courtland, 1941-; Holloway, Marvin
Collection Creator: Anacostia Community Museum

Place: Africa; Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Topic: African Americans; African diaspora; Black people -- History; Slavery; Race relations; Black power; Black people -- Race identity

Citation: Panel Discussion: What Africa Should Mean to Us Today, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents: Marvin Holloway, Charles Cobb, and Courtland Cox talk on the subject of what Africa should mean to us today, or what is our relationship to the African continent? They state the importance of examining who we are, and where and what we come from; and understanding ourselves as African people. They speak about the African people's struggles against white supremacy, racism, and enslavement in the United States and throughout the world. They also address the possibility and difficulties of establishing black power and control within the context of the United States. And they ask what is that we have to do as a people, and what is that we can do as a people?; Discussion followed by question and answer session. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Poor sound quality during question and answer portion of recording. Undated.

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