{"id":84670,"date":"2023-12-04T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=84670"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:58:25","slug":"black-studies-with-edward-derr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/black-studies-with-edward-derr\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Studies with Edward Derr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7kjp4e6-acfefb5d988d75d2dc7804f16d0bd4a8\">\n.avia-section.av-7kjp4e6-acfefb5d988d75d2dc7804f16d0bd4a8{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='91²Ö¿âEnglish Stories - Blog Roll Template - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-7kjp4e6-acfefb5d988d75d2dc7804f16d0bd4a8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap 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\/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:24px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:24px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lprlgov3-303cbac9382481bc2e1e6a4c42330c3f av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  top-30 av-inherit-size av-linked-heading'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >From Slavery to Liberation Taught by Edward Derr<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3o2tsou-49734b5f0ab097504bc5c274800ce4bf\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-3o2tsou-49734b5f0ab097504bc5c274800ce4bf .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3o2tsou-49734b5f0ab097504bc5c274800ce4bf '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Written by Alex Karreman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-31an1q6-0610c3b1582ce78a9b766b7fe734c922\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-31an1q6-0610c3b1582ce78a9b766b7fe734c922 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-31an1q6-0610c3b1582ce78a9b766b7fe734c922 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This winter Edward Derr is teaching a class called From Slavery to Liberation, which mainly focuses on the US chattel slavery system. This class will be one of the few Black Studies classes that 91²Ö¿âoffers so it&#8217;s a good idea to jump onto this class before it fills up! Edward Derr is a student success coordinator for 91²Ö¿âand mainly for the social studies majors. He was born in Connecticut but grew up in New York City. That is where he got his undergraduate degree. He would do a lot of semi-street interviews with many different people (focusing on Black individuals) when working on his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Edward worked on his graduate degree in Chicago, where he studied the slave liberation movement in the US and colonial forces within the US. Within these studies, he presented how chattel slavery continues to affect Black Americans even today\u00a0through\u00a0colonialism.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lprltisq-a3b2f7aa8311c6c3ba1cf7df181f81ed\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lprltisq-a3b2f7aa8311c6c3ba1cf7df181f81ed img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lprltisq-a3b2f7aa8311c6c3ba1cf7df181f81ed .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lprltisq-a3b2f7aa8311c6c3ba1cf7df181f81ed av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-300x169.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-1030x579.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-768x432.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-705x397.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/Black-Studies-with-Edward-Derr-ERS-at-Southern-Oregon-University-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-84675 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-84675 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Black-Studies-with-Edward Derr ERS at 91²Ö¿â\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lprlw2zs-5e72daf7bff13b03c6cb7829accf1934\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lprlw2zs-5e72daf7bff13b03c6cb7829accf1934 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lprlw2zs-5e72daf7bff13b03c6cb7829accf1934 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Edward has some serious academic backing with knowledge of the subject but what about the actual class itself? Having been able to speak to Edward he gave me a bit of information about what the class would cover. He mentioned that he starts a bit further back in time than some professors would do for this subject and continues forward a good 20 years more than most would. He does this to provide more context for what is being taught and lets the students have a better understanding of the subject. He will be starting on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean with some African kingdoms and talking about the state of mostly Western and Northern Africa during the 1700s &#8211; 1800s. He will mostly be focusing on precolonial Africa, but will also talk a bit about the precolonial Americas. He will then of course talk about the colonization of these three continents. Focusing on Columbus&#8217;s &#8220;discovery&#8221; and his ideology going into this &#8220;New World.&#8221; Edward will then go into talking about how slavery turned into chattel slavery within the US and how the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch participated in the system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-o62jmm-0f864178b45e5c1ddca59c8cf0fd877f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-o62jmm-0f864178b45e5c1ddca59c8cf0fd877f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-o62jmm-0f864178b45e5c1ddca59c8cf0fd877f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-o62jmm-0f864178b45e5c1ddca59c8cf0fd877f av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-300x129.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-1030x441.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-768x329.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-705x302.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-1030x441.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/SOU-Edward-Derr-Southern-Oregon-University-Faculty-705x302.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-84676 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-84676 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"91²Ö¿âEdward Derr 91²Ö¿â Faculty\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lprm04yc-a9b361d715fb1e678ef0e101a8eb5a3f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lprm04yc-a9b361d715fb1e678ef0e101a8eb5a3f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lprm04yc-a9b361d715fb1e678ef0e101a8eb5a3f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Further from the beginning, Edward will go into the culture of slavery, its political status, and England&#8217;s role in it. Then is the American Abolition and Revolution, with a focus on Eli Whitney, and how those events affected slavery. Ending out he will talk about the Abolitionist mindset pertaining to slavery, the Civil War, and finally the Reconstruction era. Throughout the class, we will be jumping from the US to a few other countries that contributed, hindered, or helped the slavery system with it all tying back to the US chattel slavery system. Edward will also be talking a bit about how chattel slavery affects the US today and how we are still seeing people trying to dissuade from learning important history. Black Studies has been under fire recently throughout the US and that will be talked about in this class. Finally, I asked Edward if he had anything else he would like students to know about the class or himself and his answer was intriguing. Edward at one point in his life went to an African country and was able to teach there. He talked about his studies in the US and was able to get some more insight into the subject. 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