Afro-American Studies 170 - Grassroot Exp Amer Lfe & Cul I

This course combines instruction in research techniques in a variety of Humanistic and Social Science disciplines, and hands-on experience with those techniques, with substantive materials focusing on the long struggle of minority populations for full participation in American cultural and public life. (Gen. Ed. HS, DU)

Open to first-year students in the Cultural Explorations RAP in Moore Hall. Students in Cultural Explorations RAP in Moore Hall will enroll together in "Grassroots in America" (Afro Am 170). This is an interdisciplinary course that explores the political and cultural impact of the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Using a variety of texts that reflect a range of philosophies on women's issues, Black liberation, and cultural nationalism, students will examine the visual and literary aesthetics of the Black Arts Movement. This course will pay special attention to the ways that race, gender, class, and sexuality informed the experiences of Black women during this period.

See https://www.umass.edu/rap/cultural-explorations-rap