2020-2021 Course Catalog

AFAM 130 African American Social Movements

surveys social movements of African-Americans through analyzing the challenges and risks in the struggle to gain racial equality in the United States. Multiple perspectives are covered in the study of segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, Niagara Movement, NAACP, Urban League, Pan Africanism, Harlem Renaissance, sit-ins, Freedom Movement, Black Panther Party, Black Arts Movement, Black Women and the Club Movement, and African-American cultural and intellectual movements. This course is applicable toward all certificates and degrees; group requirements include humanities and fine arts (AAS and ALS only); areas of concentration include African-american studies (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 3.0).

Credits

3.0

Prerequisite

eligibility for ENGL 101

Division and Department

Liberal Arts / Humanities