Tekla Ali Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tekla Ali Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tekla Ali |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Amy Helene Forss. Black Print with a White Carnation
Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938–1989 explores the life of Mildred Dee Brown, the publisher and owner of Nebraska's longest running black weekly, the Omaha Star. In it, Amy Helene Forss depicts Brown as a heroine and a “fearless female gladiator” (p. 169). Forss's first two chapters trace Brown's early life and career. Part of the Great Migration, Brown, a school teacher, and her husband, Shirle…
CommunicationsReviews
Journal Article Communications Get access The American Historical Review, Volume 120, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 1605–1610, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/120.4.1605 Published: 09 October 2015
“Yes We Can” or “Yes We Did”
The election of Barack Obama as the first African American president speaks to the progress made in fulfilling the promise of one nation for all people. Obama’s success reflects retrospective changes, such as the advent of viral technology, the mobilization of Black voters, and the shift toward tolerance in White racial attitudes, all of which allowed a strategic Obama campaign to make landmark gains. But are these changes permanent? Moreover, wi…
Colonial Caste Paradigms and The African Diaspora
(2004). Colonial Caste Paradigms and The African Diaspora. The Black Scholar: Vol. 34, Multicultural Issues in the Americas, pp. 23-33
The enduring function of caste
Modern day social hierarchies in Jamaica, Brazil and, to a degree, Haiti find their roots in the colonial context, where planters stratified laborers in order to maximize control. During slavery planters found artificial ways of influencing African identity, dividing enslaved Africans by their occupations and by skin color. These distinctions created divisions among workers and color proved a singularly powerful and enduring symbol of social and …
The enduring function of caste
Modern day social hierarchies in Jamaica, Brazil and, to a degree, Haiti find their roots in the colonial context, where planters stratified laborers in order to maximize control. During slavery planters found artificial ways of influencing African identity, dividing enslaved Africans by their occupations and by skin color. These distinctions created divisions among workers and color proved a singularly powerful and enduring symbol of social and …
Colonial Caste Paradigms and The African Diaspora
(2004). Colonial Caste Paradigms and The African Diaspora. The Black Scholar: Vol. 34, Multicultural Issues in the Americas, pp. 23-33
The enduring function of caste
Modern day social hierarchies in Jamaica, Brazil and, to a degree, Haiti find their roots in the colonial context, where planters stratified laborers in order to maximize control. During slavery planters found artificial ways of influencing African identity, dividing enslaved Africans by their occupations and by skin color. These distinctions created divisions among workers and color proved a singularly powerful and enduring symbol of social and …
“Yes We Can” or “Yes We Did”
The election of Barack Obama as the first African American president speaks to the progress made in fulfilling the promise of one nation for all people. Obama’s success reflects retrospective changes, such as the advent of viral technology, the mobilization of Black voters, and the shift toward tolerance in White racial attitudes, all of which allowed a strategic Obama campaign to make landmark gains. But are these changes permanent? Moreover, wi…
Amy Helene Forss. Black Print with a White Carnation
Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938–1989 explores the life of Mildred Dee Brown, the publisher and owner of Nebraska's longest running black weekly, the Omaha Star. In it, Amy Helene Forss depicts Brown as a heroine and a “fearless female gladiator” (p. 169). Forss's first two chapters trace Brown's early life and career. Part of the Great Migration, Brown, a school teacher, and her husband, Shirle…
CommunicationsReviews
Journal Article Communications Get access The American Historical Review, Volume 120, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 1605–1610, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/120.4.1605 Published: 09 October 2015
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Caste (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works)