Texts from earlier decades and contemporary movements are included. The aim is to develop an understanding and appreciation of African American literary experience. Phillis Wheatley, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni are among writers whose works are studied. Cross Listed with Dance 0366. Analysis, study, and practice of African dance performance.
Course involves reading, writing, and creative projects.
Cross Listed with Political Science 0307 and Urban Studies 0270. Political changes for Blacks and other racial and ethnic minorities result from increased voter participation and electoral success. Focus upon the impact of demographic change and heightened minority group political consciousness. Field research in a Pan African Studies issue. Each student identifies a task in a problem area and develops a research project around it.