Black Genius

In search of distinctly African-American qualities of genius, Russell has conducted interviews and historical research that explore the roots of black achievement in America. of photos.

Black Genius is a voyage through African American History, featuring a daily fact, quote, affirmation, and question to stimulate brilliant minds. By investigating the rich history of their ancestors and elders, young people will be inspired to recognize the greatness from which they have come. Journaling is a critical protective and healing psychological tool that will be introduced and encouraged throughout their year long journey through the book. From daily family reflection time to teacher led classroom lessons, Black Genius will be an incredible addition to the emotional and intellectual growth of all who utilize this powerful instrument of engagement and learning. Black Youth are Black Geniuses! There are centuries of resilience, creativity, wisdom, talent, and intelligence in your DNA - it oozes out of your pores whenever you speak, write, think, or move. Your village must provide the spaces for you to express your rich Black thoughts so that your genius can continue to flourish. Dr. Satira 1/13/2021 Black Genius! This guided journal was created for you and the village that supports you. It is a place where you can continue to explore the history of your ancestors and elders, while reflecting on who you are today and who you will become in the future. Journaling is an opportunity to develop healthy emotional behaviors, feelings, and self-perceptions. The younger you start, the better you will become at reflection and expression. Every page has a quote, affirmation, and a writing prompt but the lines are up to you. This is your space! You can respond to what is written or you can express what is on your mind and in your heart for that day. The "Black Facts" on each page are designed to pique your curiosity and encourage you to go "deeper" into your past and learn the lessons that rest there. This is your personal journal, so make it your own, using your genius to make sense of the world, your history, and yourself.

How did creative genius develop in tandem with the criminalization of Blackness in the early United States? In Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature, 1793–1845, Erin Forbes uncovers a model of racialized, collective agency in American literature and culture. Identifying creative genius in the figure of the convict, the zombie, the outlaw, the insurgent, and the fugitive, Forbes deepens our understanding of the historical relationship between criminality and Blackness and reestablishes the importance of the aesthetic in early African American literature.

In the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century United States, ideas of genius did more than define artistic and intellectual originality. They also provided a means for conceptualizing women's participation in a democracy that marginalized them. Widely distributed across print media but reaching their fullest development in literary fiction, tropes of female genius figured types of subjectivity and forms of collective experience that were capable of overcoming the existing constraints on political life. The connections between genius, gender, and citizenship were important not only to contests over such practical goals as women's suffrage but also to those over national membership, cultural identity, and means of political transformation more generally. In The Genius of Democracy Victoria Olwell uncovers the political uses of genius, challenging our dominant narratives of gendered citizenship. She shows how American fiction catalyzed political models of female genius, especially in the work of Louisa May Alcott, Henry James, Mary Hunter Austin, Jessie Fauset, and Gertrude Stein. From an American Romanticism that saw genius as the ability to mediate individual desire and collective purpose to later scientific paradigms that understood it as a pathological individual deviation that nevertheless produced cultural progress, ideas of genius provided a rich language for contests over women's citizenship. Feminist narratives of female genius projected desires for a modern public life open to new participants and new kinds of collaboration, even as philosophical and scientific ideas of intelligence and creativity could often disclose troubling and more regressive dimensions. Elucidating how ideas of genius facilitated debates about political agency, gendered identity, the nature of consciousness, intellectual property, race, and national culture, Olwell reveals oppositional ways of imagining women's citizenship, ways that were critical of the conceptual limits of American democracy as usual.

An account of the High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota that demonstrates how hip-hop-based education can be a powerful medium for cultivating creativity and engaging students.

Blow the minds of your friends and family with your animal knowledge. This brilliant nature quiz book is suited for hours of family fun! Do you know the difference between a great white shark and a giant manta ray? Can you spot the difference between a dung beetle and a tiger beetle? Challenge yourself and the family to this brain-busting nature challenge! In this exciting family activity book, you’ll find: • “Reference” spreads which introduce a topic and give all the essential info. • “Quiz” pages, packed with pictures to pore over, put your knowledge to the test. • “Test Yourself” panels across three levels of difficulty — starter, challenger and genius. • A fun fact with every image gives a clue. • Answers appear upside down on the page. This stunning visual encyclopedia of animal knowledge is packed with hundreds of fantastic facts. It’s an irresistibly interactive kids book that will have you challenging yourself and the family over and over again. This entertaining general knowledge book for kids will test your brainpower and challenge you to learn so much more. Can you complete all these levels of difficulty as the challenge gets harder? Packed with more than 60 topics across the animal world and eye-popping images, this animal activity book is excellent for brain training and makes learning way more fun. It’s perfect for children ages 9-12, or geniuses of all ages. Look out for more fun family quiz books in this series from DK. Put your general knowledge skills to the test and take on the Knowledge Genius! brain-busting challenge!

Afrikan children are naturally precocious and gifted. They begin life with a "natural head start". However, their natural genius is too frequently underdeveloped and misdirected. In this volume, the author surveys the daily routines, child-rearing practices, parent-child interactions, games and play materials, parent-training and pre-school programs which have made demonstrably outstanding and lasting differences in the intellectual, academic and social performance of Black children.

A historical journey into the lives and contributions of African-American greats from various disciplines offers inspiration from mentors of past generations