Black Radicalism in the U.S. and Beyond, 1960s and 1970s

Students in this course will engage in the study of the transition from Civil Rights liberalism to Black Power radicalism in the 1960s and 1970s. We will explore the history, ideas, voices and strategies African Americans employed in the struggle to secure rights and demand respect in the United States. While this course is centered on the struggles waged by Black people in the U.S., students will also grapple with the international events that influenced the radical politics of the period. This course will shape students' understanding of the Black Power vision of social justice and gauge its impact on the present day from the emergence of Black Studies departments to Hip-Hop culture.This course satisfies the Division I distribution requirement. REA, MCP, PRJ, PRS, WRI