Thread by @drhoodscholar

Here's a snapshot of the sources I'm using in my entrance to Black Male studies
Unlike what's being represented on Twitter, we don't agree on everything, that's fine because it makes the scholarship better. This is why I asked my question because I have a whole historiography.

@RenyTure @thotscholar @eihtbeezy @DrTJGoldenEsq

"By this time the Black male is begrudgingly recognized as a Negro, but it is questionable whether he is recognized as a man"

This is in 1994!!!!!

These scholars trace it back to Black Rage
1968

Reading this is what pushed me to want to do something to contribute to the field. This and the fact my dad told me a generation of Harris men died off and only 1 lived past 50

"An entire generation of Black men may be in serious jeopardy."

This is why my colleague and I say Black male studies should be transdisciplinary because these works include religion, education, media and popular culture and memoirs.
And there's so much more, here is the front of one book so you can get a better picture of it

Based on this, an argument can be made to trace Black male studies back to the 19th century. The sad part is that it only highlights our invisibility