Rooted in the Chants of Slaves Blacks in the Humanities 1985-1997

Blacks have made tremendous contributions in the humanities since the 1985 publication of Blacks in the Humanities 1750-1984. In philosophy for example Black philosophers are writing treatises on Hegel St. Augustine and Kant as well as on racial issues. African American folklore an area neglected by many scholars is being examined by Black folklorists. Pioneering photographers and artists have made contributions to the visual arts and Black contributions to the performing arts are becoming more widely noted than ever before.This bibliography includes sources published in the last twelve years documenting Black achievements in the humanities including accomplishments in philosophy religion libraries and librarianship journalism folklore linguistics visual arts the performing arts music and literary criticism.