Becoming Free: A History of Black Womens Ideas in the U.S.

This course will uncover the ideas that motivated Black women's activism during the ongoing struggle for freedom in the U.S. As producers of knowledge, Black women offered important contributions to critical thought on racism, sexism (and how they work together to make power and inequality), religion, politics, education, and more. All Black women did not think the same; they espoused different ideologies across time, space, and class lines. Some of the ideologies we will explore include racial uplift, racial individualism, Black nationalism, and Black feminism. We will look to the unexpected places Black women documented their ideas - from the novel to the political tract to the public speech - and learn from the Black women scholars who have de-marginalized Black women's historical and contemporary intellectual contributions.
Course Attributes: AS HUM; AS SC; FA HUM; AR HUM; EN H

Becoming Free: A History of Black Womens Ideas in the U.S.

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES 1951

Section 01