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3.00 Credits
A detailed examination of racial inequality, including the social construction of race, the nature of oppression and advantage, government policies and resistance strategies. There will be attention to the status of men and women and social class diversity within racial-ethnic communities. PREREQ: SOCI201
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the hemispheric history of maroons and marronage in slaveholding Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Maroons and their communities, or communities of those some would call "runaway slaves," were an ever-present feature of slaveholding societies throughout the Americas. Everywhere they existed, from Brazil to Jamaica, from Virginia to Suriname, or from Mexico to Haiti, they proved the indomitable spirit of African people and their descendants, and the great failures of the institution of slavery. Throughout the course, we will look closely at the demographic, economic, and geographic opportunities for enslaved mobility and resistance that shaped the formation of the Atlantic world. The central focus will be an analysis of the historical impact of marronage across the Americas from 1502 to 1865.
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3.00 Credits
Examine the history of people of African descent in the western region of the United States from the Spanish colonial era to the present. Focus on contributions of men and women who shaped history of the region, of black America, and of the entire nation. RESTRICTIONS: Because one of the requirements for this course is a research paper, ENGL110 or previous experience with writing research papers with the use of citations is desired. Students should also have taken introductory courses in either American History or Black American Studies.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between African Americans and Native Americans in the Americas (with a specific focus on the U. S.) from the colonial era to the present. Themes explored will be Transatlantic slavery and early Black-Indian continental contacts; American Indians as slaves and slave owners; the Black-Indian experience in the Jim Crow South and frontier West; Afro-Indian people and the politics of mixed-race identity; and contemporary African American and Native American relations in the U. S.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Examine the institution of slavery in the Americas through the perspective of the slaves who endured it. Letters, speeches, interviews and narratives will be examined within the historical context of 18th and 19th century slave society. The goal of the course is to 1) gain a deeper understanding of the slave experience from the slave's point of view, 2) examine the historical dimensions of slave testimony and its use as historical evidence, and 3) understand the gendered, regional, period and spatial nuances of the slave experience.
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3.00 Credits
This course bridges how social media has changed our relationship to struggles for racial and gender equity and freedom with studies of art and visual culture of black protest in the 21stcentury. We will look closely at how artists of African descent in particular have used fine art, film, and popular music to spur social change in the digital age. Considering the current U.S. political climate, ongoing racial and gender violence, and debates about the relationship between art and public life, this course is particularly urgent.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history and scholarship of African American music from the age of slavery to the 1990s. Focusing on African American sacred and secular music, investigate how different musical genres--including spiritual, blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, as well as the birth of hip hop--reflected African Americans' social, political, and economic experiences.
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3.00 Credits
In examining the philosophy of hip-hop we will look at its ontology, epistemology, and ethics. We will ask the following questions: What does hip-hop say about the meaning of life and who we are? What does hip-hop say about how we come to know things and what knowledge is? What does hip-hop say about how we should act? How should society be structured?
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