Does Black Architecture Exist?

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Introduction

Does black architecture exists? If so, why has it been ignored for so many centuries? I will be defending African-American architecture by discussing many black architects from the past to the present. I will show and discuss their architectural work by describing the appearance, the year it was built, and as well as if its still standing today. I believe we all know that there are black architects today but centuries ago it was like they were non-existed because they were never acknowledged on record for their hard work until recently. I did not realize that African-American architecture was almost non-existent until I started this research, which I could not believe anyone ever thought there were no such thing as talented black architects that had great minds to build incredible works of art called architecture. I will show myself, my class, and my family that African-American/Black architecture most definitely did exist centuries ago and still does today.

Literature Review

Does black architecture exists? If so, why has it been ignored for so many centuries? I am reviewing this topic to show that black architecture does exist today and always have existed since centuries ago. I want to be more knowledgeable about my culture of African-American architects and their extraordinary architectural projects. I would like to share my knowledge with my kids, my family, my culture, my friends, and the entire society so they can all share this incredible information with others. I am doing a study on black architecture because many people believe that there is no such thing because no one hardly ever acknowledge them.

I am including one reports/essays and two articles to show my research on the existence of Africa...

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Chance, Shannon. "Hampton University Brings Color to Architecture." 20 on 20/20 Vision: Perspectives on Diversity and Design (2003): 98-101. Web. 4 Jun 2011. .

Craven, Jackie. "11 Great Black American Architects: Black Architects Who Helped Build America." About.com Architecture. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jun 2011. .

"Three Architects Selected to Receive the 2009 American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture." American Institute of Architects (2009): N.p. Web. 4 Jun 2011. .

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