AFST 13610 - Black Politics After the Civil Rights Revolution

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

This course delves into African American Politics after the Civil Rights Revolution. The long centuries of slavery and de jure segregation in which African Americans existed outside of American political institutions, created distinct divisions between dominant views in the nation and Black perspectives on politics. The United States is now in transition from earlier periods when the boundaries of Black politics were very clear, into more recent decades when those boundaries became considerably more permeable. The course considers how racial and ethnic political officials and organizations tried to solve certain types of problems as they first began to participate in national politics. The political subject matter explored in the course ranges widely. Electoral and partisan politics, civil society and interest groups, national public policy, foreign policy and international affairs are important sectors in which African American political interests were represented and controversies developed. Presidential politics including the Obama administration will also be discussed.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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