About this program This 5 module program was developed and produced through the Center for the Advancement of Teaching with funds from the Andrew Melon Foundation. Grant Administrator: Elizabeth Barron, Ph.D. Project Coordinator/multimedia developer Gayna Stevens-Credle WebSite Production Gayna Stevens-Credle & Jonathan Rotondo-McCord Ph.D. Title Page Layout & Logo Graphics Bridgett McDowell Program Authors: Ronald Dorris, Ph.D. - The Fact of Contact: African American Art and Civil Rights Gerald Boodoo, Ph.D- Hybrid Religions in the African Americas Violet Bryan, Ph.D & Robin Vander- Survival of the Spirit: Forging the Word Jonathan Rotondo-McCord, Ph.D. - Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan Michael White, Ph.D.-Jazz: Dialect Voices