Problem
• What do Mintz and Price refer to as "Retentions" and Survivals?
• How is the similarity of the art of the Maroons and that of some West African Peoples?
• Mintz and Price in their discussions of delving below the surface to discover African value systems and cognitive orientation they do not deny "retentions" or "survivals' and as Herskovits referred to as Africanisms exist. Discuss the examples Mintz and Price provide regarding the persistence of "survivals" or "retentions".
George:
• Technology has played a significant role in how cultures change over time. What were "race records?" How did the Pullman porters play a role in the record industry?
• Briefly describe how R&B labels and black radio grew through World War II and into the 1960s.