Black Leadership in Historical Perspective
AFAM 365
Spring 2019 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 342 |
This course uses the lens of history to evaluate why some individuals are considered most effective as civic, elected, bureaucratic, and appointed leaders in African American history. The course will analyze social scientific models of leadership and then go into the historical record to discover meaningful and illuminating patterns. Careful consideration is given to the distinctive challenges posed by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and institutional settings. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM)(AMST) |
Major Readings:
Bruce Dierenfield and John White, A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP (3rd ed.)
Andra Gillespie, WHOSE BLACK POLITICS? CASES IN POST-RACIAL BLACK LEADERSHIP
Ollie Johnson and Karin Stanford (eds.), BLACK POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE POST-CIVIL RIGHTS ERA
Manning Marable, BLACK LEADERSHIP
Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke (eds.), BARACK OBAMA AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT: THE RISE OF BLACK AMERICA'S NEW LEADERSHIP
Ronald Walters and Robert C. Smith, African American Leadership
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Examinations and Assignments:
Four essays and a take-home final essay |
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