This presentation examines some of the key concepts that can be used to teach the sociology of African Americans. Those concepts include sociological analysis, political organizations of African Americans, economic organizations of African Americans, religious organizations of African Americans, judicial organizations of African Americans, familiar organizations of AfricanAmericans, dominant society, institutions, African American social movements, and African American political movements. Other concepts include race, class, gender, power, sociology, social conditions, sociological imagination, micro, middle, macro, social environment, sociological perspectives, research methods, research techniques, empirical research, empirical data, racial group, ethnicity, ethnic group, minority group, racism, system of White supremacy, ideology, discrimination, prejudice, culture, assimilation, acculturation, accommodation, cultural pluralism, society, pluralistic society, cultural relativity, subculture, imperialism, cultural imperialism, economic imperialism, Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, economic nationalism, political nationalism, cultural nationalism, Afro-centric perspective of W.E.B. Du Bois, double-consciousness, true selfconsciousness, Talented Tenth, Submerged Tenth, Black masses, African personality, Jegna, color line, veil, lynching, race history, red record, equity, pedagogy of the oppressed, critical consciousness, generative themes, dialogue, cultural invasion, intersectionality, social movement, social interaction, social relationships, social structure, socialization, family, nuclear family, extended family, alternative family, family of orientation, family of procreation, endogamy, exogamy, religion, education, educational attainment, educational achievement, degree inflation, human capital, social capital, cultural capital, physical capital, etc. In this presentation, the research methodology involves a case study method approach. The research techniques consist of content analysis of primary source documents and secondary source documents.

Author: J. Vern Cromartie

Published in: Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2024)

• Date of Conference: 2-4 April, 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/IICE.2024.0026
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-70-9
• Conference Location: Dún Laoghaire, Ireland