The Black 60s: Civil Rights to Black Power
AFAM 360
Spring 2023
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This course will explore the development of African American political activism and political theory from 1960 to 1972, with particular focus on student movements in these years. We will familiarize ourselves with the history of political activism and agitation for civil rights and social equality during the sixties by examining the formation of specific organizations, especially the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee and the Black Panther Party, and tracing the changes in their political agendas. While our primary focus will be African American social movements in the sixties, we will also situate these movements in terms of the long history of African American political struggles for equality and in terms of other predominantly white student movements in the sixties. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Bloom, Joshua and Waldo E. Martin, Jr., Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party. U of California P, 2016.
Carson, Clayborne. In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s. Harvard UP, 1995.
Carson, Clayborne, et. al., Eds. The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader. Penguin, 1991.
Foner, Philip, Ed. The Black Panthers Speak. Haymarket Books, 2014.
Holsaert, Faith, et al., Eds, Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Van Deburg, William. New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers: two short essays and one long research paper.
Final grade will be determined by the grades on the three papers, attendance, and participation.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Rushdy,Ashraf H.A. Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 13 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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