AFST 3302 - African American Women and the Black Freedom Movement

(3) Credit Hours

This course focuses on African American women activists as a means of understanding the overall struggle that Black people waged to change the fabric of this nation and to place the moral compass of civil and human rights on a global scale. Through this course, students will come to know the tenacity and dogged perseverance African American women displayed and the influence they had on the actions of their male counterparts. Yet, this course also examines the problems women experienced within the movement regarding their roles, which were often colored by ideals concerning women’s perceived limitations and supposed proper place within the male/female dichotomy of social struggle. By focusing on the ideas of African American women, students will gain a more comprehensive understanding of the encompassing nature and power of activism and the necessity of understanding history and the work of those who came before us in order to understand and engage current struggles against injustice. Spring semesters. Exclude Freshman standing.