AFRA 621 - Black Women and the Black Freedom Struggle

Credit(s): 3

BLACK WOMEN FREEDOM STRUGGLE
Component: Discussion
This course explores the history of Black women’s participation in Black freedom struggles in the United States from the late nineteenth-century to the present. Using a “long civil rights movement” theoretical framework, the course examines the challenges these women faced as they sought to highlight and eradicate inequities in areas including, but not limited to, education, voting, anti-Black violence, healthcare, reproductive justice, labor, sexuality, and other civil rights concerns. Using a range of primary and secondary source material, the course focuses on Black women as leaders, activists, as well as objects of reform. Finally, the course investigates how they participated in various forms of social change and supported or resisted local, state, and federal policies that had a direct influence on them individually as well as their larger communities.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 621

Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept