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3.00 Credits
This course will review basic (social history) literature from the Caribbean, Central and South America to determine impact of Black majorities a) on the societies, b) on construction of collective identities, c) on memories that mobilize them, and d) on processes of making community despite displacement. These questions will be applied to a representative territory from each language group in the Americas to discuss unequal power relations that can then be compared with US/Canada. Credits: 3 hours
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This course builds upon the African diaspora experiences through selected topics and themes that address complex social and historical issues such as gender, politics, economics, slavery, civil/human rights, affirmative action, sexual identity/orientation, lynching, genocide, gentrification, cultural mutilation, and modes of cultural production. The course will interrogate theories of ethnicity, diversity, multiculturalism, colonialism/post-colonialism, modernism/post-modernism, structuralism/post-structuralism in tandem with the proposed topic(s) and theme(s) being examined. The course is repeatable under a different topic. Credits: 3 hours
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This course will examine the myriad patterns of adaptation and adjustments made by the enslaved Africans and free people of color to the continuing oppressive character of American Society prior to 1865. Slave narratives and abolitionists tracts written by freed people reveal much about the African-Americans' interpretation of their presence in the New World. The Black presence created a commonality of experience, the characteristics of which became and remain a distinctive American co-culture. It aims to examine how the Black presence altered the idea of race and how this alteration became a function of the institutional forms that Black Americans have shaped to survive in a hostile environment. Credits: 3 hours
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The Black Experience 1866 to the present will concentrate on the plight of the newly freed African-American. The development of the family in post bellum years, the Euro-American reaction to the change in status, the rise of pseudo scientific racist thought, the long-term psychological effects of slavery on both the victims and the victimizers, the search and the rise of Black Messianic leaders, the migration from the rural-agricultural South to the urban-industrialized North, the emergence of Black Nationalism-Civil Rights Movement and the non-Black backlash. AFS 3000 is highly recommended. Credits: 3 hours
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4.00 Credits
This seminar course takes a historical and a literary approach to the politics of gender in the Islamic traditions of Africa and of the Middle East. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite(s): English 1050 or AFS 2250, or consent of instructor. Credits: 4 hours
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the historical perspective and contemporary status of the Black woman and her story, paying critical attention to her image as reflected in her role in the American society. The course emphasizes the problems, issues, and concerns of the Black woman. Students will participate in securing visiting Black female speakers and documenting their story as Black women. Credits: 3 hours
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This course is designed to introduce students to the role and influence of black religious leadership in movements of liberation. This course addresses issues of race, gender and violence within the cultural realities of black ministers, by blending the disciplines of history and theology. A key focus of the course is on the role and influence of the "black sermon'' as a vehicle for change and protest against abusive power structures. The course is comparative in that the lives and activities of African American ministers like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And Minister Malcolm X are contrasted with that of South African ministers such as Bishop Desmond Tutu and Re. Allan Boseak. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: AFS 2000 or 2130. Credits: 3 hours
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An investigation of the social forms and structures within the Black community from the unique Black perspective. The course will focus on the sociological, political, economic, psychological, and physical aspects of community building by a subordinated group. Credits: 3 hours
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3.00 Credits
During the mid to late 19th century, Calhoun County, Michigan was an active human rights center. This area was one stop on the Central Michigan route of the Underground Railroad. Slaves would begin their journey in one of the upper southern states, and go from stop to stop, ultimately reaching "their Canaan lands.'' There was a large group who participated in this pursuit of freedom for the enslaved Africans. They were considered subversive fanatics by slaveholders and righteous reformers by other. The aim of this class is the examination of the Underground Railroad system and the people involved. Of particular interest will be the role played by Michiganders in this freedom movement. Credits: 3 hours
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This course will cover the cultural, social, and political background in West Africa of African-Americans. It will also treat African origins of aspects of American culture. It will provide students with the opportunity to explore the cultural, material, and social contributions of West Africans and later African Americans to the development of America from 1607 to the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. The course will therefore be a foundation for other courses covering African Americans, especially their experiences in America. Credits: 3 hours
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