Black Middletown Lives: The Future of Middletown's African American Past
AFAM 307
Spring 2020
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| Certificates: Civic Engagement, Civic Engagement Minor |
| Course Cluster: Service Learning |
In this service learning course, students will do hands-on history by uncovering, preserving, and sharing Middletown's rich African American past. We will focus on the history of the Beman Triangle. This African American neighborhood, now part of Wesleyan's campus, served as a regional and national antislavery and Underground Railroad center and home to one of the nation's first handful of independent Black churches. Students will partner with local archives, libraries, and museums to help preserve and share this neighborhood's remarkable history. Our projects will include building a website and an exhibit to share this history with the Wesleyan and Middletown communities. |
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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) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Horatio Strother, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN CONNECTICUT
Elizabeth J. Normen, et al, AFRICAN AMERICAN CONNECTICUT
EXPLORED
BLACK PERSPECTIVES ON MIDDLETOWN
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Examinations and Assignments:
Final project and several short journal/reflection assignments |
| Instructor(s): Nasta,Jesse Times: .M..... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY200; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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