Date of Award

Spring 2020

Thesis Type

Open Access

Degree Name

Honors Bachelor of Arts

Department

Critical Media and Cultural Studies

Sponsor

Dr. Denise Cummings

Committee Member

Dr. Steven Schoen

Committee Member

Dr. Eric Smaw

Abstract

This thesis provides a comparative analysis of Black Historical Erasure in both the cases of Ocoee and Rosewood. Ocoee and Rosewood were both cites of racially motivated programs that led to the exodus of entire African American communities- in both cases however, the events were erased. Utilizing various post-modern texts, this project ultimately analyzes erasure as a force that upholds ideologies of white supremacy. Utilizing the theories of Antonio Gramsci and Karl Marx, this thesis analysis the modus operandi of violence that resulted in erasure as well as the repercussions of erasure. This thesis ultimately indicates that in Rosewood and Ocoee the decades long legacy of erasure propped up narratives of white supremacy in the state.

Rights Holder

christelle ram

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