HIST 2111 - [Black History Topics Through Film]

(crosslisted) AMST 2111, ASRC 2211
(HA-AS)

Spring. Next offered 2018-2019. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

M. Washington.

In this course black history will be approached through the thematic prisms of feature films and documentaries, and throughout various readings that topically reflect crucial periods in the black experience in the Americas. Topics include civil rights, revolutionary nationalism, race relations, slave rebellion, black politics, emancipation struggles, the black middle class, and black poverty.