Ebook: The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology

After the pioneers, the second generation of African American anthropologists trained in the late 1950s and 1960s. Expected to study their own or similar cultures, these scholars often focused on the African diaspora but in some cases they also ranged further afield both geographically and intellectually. Yet their work remains largely unknown to colleagues and students. This volume collects intellectual biographies of fifteen accomplished African American anthropologists of the era. The authors explore the scholars' diverse backgrounds and interests and look at their groundbreaking methodologies, ethnographies, and theories. They also place their subjects within their tumultuous times, when antiracism and anticolonialism transformed the field and the emergence of ideas around racial vindication brought forth new worldviews. Scholars profiled: George Clement Bond, Johnnetta B. Cole, James Lowell Gibbs Jr., Vera Mae Green, John Langston Gwaltney, Ira E. Harrison, Delmos Jones, Diane K. Lewis, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, Oliver Osborne, Anselme Remy, William Alfred Shack, Audrey Smedley, Niara Sudarkasa, and Charles Preston Warren II|

Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction. Celebrating Triumphs, Overcoming Challenges, and Charting a Course for Institutional Transformation Erica Lorraine Williams, Deborah Johnson-Simon, and Ira E. Harrison 1. James Lowell Gibbs Jr.: A Life of Educational Achievement and Service Dallas L. Browne 2. Charles Preston Warren II: Military Forensic Anthropologist, Scholar, and Applied Scientist Alice Baldwin-Jones 3. William Alfred Shack: An Unacknowledged Giant Dallas L. Browne 4. Diane K. Lewis and the Transformation of Anthropology: An Ideology of Radical Change Cheryl R. Rodriguez 5. Delmos Jones and the End of Neutrality Elgin L. Klugh 6. Niara Sudarkasa: Inspiring Black Women's Leadership Erica Lorraine Williams 7. Johnnetta Betsch Cole: Eradicating Multiple Systems of Oppression Riché J. Daniel Barnes 8. John Langston Gwaltney: The Development of a Core Black Ethnography and Museology Deborah Johnson-Simon 9. Ira E. Harrison: Activist, Scholar, and Visionary Pioneer Alisha R. Winn 10. Audrey Smedley: A Pioneers' Pioneer Anthropologist Janis Faye Hutchinson 11. George Clement Bond: Anthropologist, Africanist, Educator, and Visionary Rachel Watkins 12. Oliver Osborne: African American Nurse-Anthropologist Pioneer Bertin M. Louis Jr. 13. Anselme Remy and the Anthropology of Liberation Angela McMillan Howell 14. Vera Mae Green: Quaker Roots and Applied Anthropology Antoinette Jackson 15. Claudia Mitchell-Kernan: Sociolinguistic Anthropologist, Administrator, and Innovator Betty J. Harris Notes on Contributors Index|

"This volume is a significant contribution to the study of subaltern traditions in the history of anthropology." —Transforming Anthropology

"Presents the next generation of scholars who continued to 'keep on keeping on' in departments, among fellow students, and with faculty who thought the natives should be located in the field and not in their midst. Essential for the still lonely Black, Brown, Asian, or Latinx graduate student who is trying to make their way in the discipline."—A. Lynn Bolles, professor emerita, University of Maryland, College Park
|Ira E. Harrison (d. 2020) was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Tennessee and a coeditor of African-American Pioneers in Anthropology. Deborah Johnson-Simon is the founder and CEO of the Center for the Study of African and African Diaspora Museums and Communities. Erica Lorraine Williams is an associate professor of anthropology at Spelman College and the author of Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous...