Africana Studies 341DC - Topics in Africana Studies: 'Decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement'

This course explores pan-African collaborations between the continental Africans and the African Diaspora during the age of decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement. It examines key developments in the global black movement with a focus on (de)segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, decolonization, and the Black Power Movement. Through readings and discussions, students who complete this course will come to understand the contributions of continental Africans to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the responses of the African Diaspora to social, political, and economic conditions in post-colonial Africa.

This course is open to juniors and seniors; Prereq: 8 credits in History or 4 credits in History and 4 credits in Africana Studies.