ASRC 3206 - Black Women and Political Leadership

(crosslisted)
(also FGSS 3206)(GHB) (CA-AS)

Spring. 3 credits.

C. Boyce Davies.

This course studies the life experiences and political struggles of black women who have attained political leadership across the African Diaspora. It will study their rise to political power through an examination of the autobiographies of women political leaders from the Caribbean, the U.S., Africa and Brazil. The autobiographies of political figures such as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Shirley Chisholm, Benedita da Silva will serve as some of the primary sources of analysis. Students will have the opportunity to meet current or past political figures where timely and available.