Readings in African American Social Thought. An intensive reading of the works of Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Frances Harper, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Edward Blyden, Booker T. Washington, E. Franklin Frazier, Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, and others. Looks at the intellectual roots of the ideas of significant contemporary thinkers. Readings in 1960s Protests. Close reading of documentary evidences in African American political, historical, and social thought during the turbulent sixties.
Students prepare papers from primary documents.
Readings in Racism and the American Economy. An analysis of the nature of racism and the American economy with special attention to the interconnection of racism and the capitalist economic system. Seminar in African American Psychology. An examination of theory and research pertaining to African American psychology. A selected discussion of various theoretical perspectives on African American personality and socialization.