Black Protest Movements AFAM357 FA

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       21      21         0

What are black protest movements? Unlike many black history courses which pursue prominent people, this class attempts to address this question though focusing upon the relationship between mass movements and their leadership. We begin with emancipatory protests against slavery and conclude with an evaluation of the current fracturing of black politics. Some of the specific issues we will explore include the following: what are the pre-conditions for protest movements? How do they take-off, what are their social origins, and how similar/different are they? Do they produce the leadership or does the leadership produce them? Who leads whom? What is the tradition and the legacy of these protest movements? We shall also breifly explore African anti-colonial and liberationist movements in pursuit of global understanding of black protest in the modern world. At the course's end, students should have a good sense of what is movement, what is protest, and what is black. Course requirements include weekly readings of c.200 pages; several 1-2 page discussion papers; leadership of one seminar session and related 5 page paper; and a final 15-20 page research paper. Grades are determined as follows: 33% (class participation); 33% (seminar leadership); and 34% (research paper). All students are required to have a firm grasp of African-American history.

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COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01

Kerr-Ritchie, J

Times: .T..... 7:00PM;

Grading Mode: A/F

Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 4

Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997