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“The Black Scholar Interviews: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole '' Paragraph

The anthropologist Johnnetta B. Cole is a historical figure who was the first female African-American president of Spelman College. She served at this historically black college from 1987 to 1997. Her research is mainly based on the on-going contributions of Afro-Latin, Caribbean, and African communities and has advanced the American understanding of Black culture and the power of racial inclusion in our countries.

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Throughout her career she has faced criticism for trying to gain more equal opportunities in higher education in Black colleges. In an interview with Cole she explains to individuals that “we need to struggle, first of all to discover models for respectfully working in poor communities— models that will come from wherever they have to come from (Cole, 1988).” In 1987, Johnnetta departed as the professor of anthropology and director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and took the position at Spelman College. As a professor she quickly noticed that there weren't any diverse students enrolled at Spelman College. Thus she researched and found that “about fifty percent of women go to a post-undergraduate experience— either that being dental, medical, law school, or some graduate school (Cole, 1988).” Although she found this as a concern her main concern was the paucity of students going into traditional Phd programs where she would consistently see “black women professors socializing to Spelman women in a way that white women and black men do not do (pg., 62).” Now, many college students have less social indoctrination than ever before and described this process of socialization that goes on between student and teacher.

“Racism, Unrest, and the Role of the Museum Field: A Conversation at the American Alliance of Museums Virtual Annual Meeting (2020),”

On March 21, 1981 in Mobile, Alabama, the last report of enslavement that took place was when Micheal Donald, a 19 year-old was beaten and killed by the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) and hung his body from a tree (Cole, Bunch III, Fogarty., 2020). They continue to gather together and talk about the horrific events that took place during the enslavement of Black women, men, and children. There are many Black individuals who don’t even know the names of those that have fallen from police brutality nor do they talk about the dual pandemic where there was sickness and racism. Cole goes on to explain that a white woman named Amy Cooper took advantage of the privilege of her skin color to call the police on a Black man. However, this man was just a bird watcher who asked Cooper to put her dog on a leash to follow the law of New York’s Central Park. She goes on to say that “this all begins with our personal work to understand the entire system and its structures, roles, government, property, and overall our lives (Cole, Bunch III, Fogarty., 2020).”

“Afro-American Solidarity With Cuba,”

In the 19th century African-Americans supported Cuban independence movements where Douglass implored Afro-American youth to surrender their citizenship "to join their fortunes with those of their suffering brethren '' in Cuba. Douglass then argued for the cause of Cuba and urged that money should be raised to publish the constituent meeting because this is the voice of all citizens of African descent. Foner (1963:243) also expressed that "those four millions lately were released from the shackles of slavery." The death toll in Cuba has sounded because of institutionalized racism where the revolutionary government is explicitly anti-racist, and many Cuban people are incorporated into the revolutionary process. In Cuban society, Cuban adults and youth contribute to the political education where people’s actions are consistent with the anti-racist laws.