Tag Archives: Dr. Kenneth B. Clark
Alondra Oubre: Medical Anthropologist
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Alondra Oubre is a medical anthropologist and the author of Instinct and Revelation, as well as published articles such as ” The Adaptionist Yardstick” and “Black English Vernacular and Educability”. Her writings cover scientific topics such as plant drug research; pharmacology; and human biodiversity, including the nature-nurture debate over ethnic differences.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Folklorist, Teacher, Anthropologist
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Of Hurston’s four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a national, nonprofit research and public policy institution. Founded in 1970 as the Joint Center for Political Studies by black intellectuals and professionals to provide training and technical assistance to newly elected black officials, the Joint Center is recognized today as one of the nation’s premier think tanks on a broad range of public policy issues of concern to African Americans and other communities of color.
