And the course begins like this….

We begin by reading part 1 of Imani Kazini’s “Black Springfield: A Historical Study,” published in Contributions in Black Studies, online at http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cibs/vol1/iss1/2 or

http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=cibs

This is the work of an Africana Studies major in the Du Bois Department during its first decade under the direction of faculty like John Bracey. We read it with the objective of studying the relevant historical studies (historiography) of the African American presence in Springfield, MA; which is the starting point of New African urban studies. Simultaneously, we engage the here and now of Black Springfield: look, taste, feel, hear, smell, witness, and all of these together with a purpose (Nia).

Dig this by DJ Scope, “Welcome Back 2 Springfield Shitty”

http://www.datpiff.com/TOX-welcome-Back-2-Springfield-Shitty-mixtape.158584.html