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College Catalog 2020-2021 
    
College Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

AMST 270 - Black Public Intellectuals


This course will address the tradition of public intellectuals in numerous Black communities. We will expand the definition of “politics” to include theater, literature, and film. We will interrogate the concept of who chooses the scholarly leaders for Black communities. We will examine numerous topics such as Communism, The American Dream, Incarceration, Feminism, and Ebony Voices in the Ivory Tower. (4 Credits)