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1.00 Credits
Utilizes Rites and Reason Theater's research-to- performance method of developing new play scripts to examine the development and relationship of the colonial Euro-American art form, theatre, to its existence within the Indigenous intertribal (Native American Indian) communities in America.
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From the publication of The Souls of Black Folk in 1903 until his death in Ghana sixty years later, W. E. B. Du Bois remained one of America's most penetrating analysts of what he called "the color line." Students read and discuss a selection of Du Bois's writings from his career as journalist, essayist, sociologist, historian, poet, political leader, and pioneering Pan-Africanist. Prerequisite: one course in AC, AF or US History.
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Examines the extended history of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. with a range of primary sources. Starting at World War II, the course considers the roles of the courts, the government, organizations, local communities, and individuals in the ongoing struggle for African American equality, focusing on African American agency. Sources include photographs, documentaries, movies, letters, speeches, autobiography, and secondary readings. Must have taken at least one post-1865 U.S. history course demonstrating a foundation in this time period. Enrollment limited to 50.
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1.00 Credits
Thirty plays, written by Afro-American playwrights and presented on the American stage between 1858 and the 1990s, are examined as cultural and historical documents of Afro-American realities. Supplementary readings from the humanities and social sciences provide critical framework for in-class discussions and student papers. Instructor permission required. WRIT
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Interested students must register for LITR 1110L S01 (CRN 14102).
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Interested students must register for ANTH 1110.
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1.00 Credits
A research, development, and performance workshop designed to explore, examine, and articulate various folk traditions and cultural expressions of African Americans. Readings include slave narratives, folktales, and the works of Hughes, Hurston, Bass, and Baraka. Topics covered are music as the African American language of choice; Africanisms in Afro-American culture; and race, color, class, and culture. Instructor permission required.
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Examines the role of black women in 20th-century political movements, including with the turn-of-the-century antilynching campaigns, the southern civil rights movement, the black liberation movement, and contemporary educational activism for human rights. Central concerns include history of American radicalism and analyses of antiracist experiences, and the politics stemming from African American women's leadership.Prerequisites: AF 150 and/or AF 125.
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An introduction to the field of Afro-Caribbean philosophy. The first half focuses on the history of the field, identifying its African background and surveying some of its major schools, such as the Afro-Christians, the poeticists, the historicists, and existentialists. The second half consists of a more intensive comparative focus on the ontologies and epistemologies of two of these schools.
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0.00 Credits
Interested students must register for LITR 1150F S01 (CRN 10930).
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