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Table of Contents - Global Systems and the Origins of Black American Culture and Institutions
BLKS 201      Global Systems and the Origins of Black American Culture and Institutions
This multi-disciplinary course examines global capitalism, European contact with Africa, the development of the African Diaspora, and the origins of Black American institutions and culture. Applying a Black studies perspective, the course explores such themes as cultural and gendered oppression, institutional destabilization, economic dislocation, liberation struggles, and creative impulses and aesthetics.
Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences
Department: KA&S - General
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