Examination of the Civil Rights Movement from the Brown v. Topeka decision to the rise of Black power. All the major organizations of the period, e.g., SCLC, SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Urban League. The impact on white students and the anti-war movement. (Gen.Ed. HS, DU)

The major figures and themes in Afro-American literature, analyzing specific works in detail and surveying the early history of Afro-American literature. What the slave narratives, poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and folklore of the period reveal about the social, economic, psychological, and artistic lives of the writers and their characters, both male and female.

The major figures and themes in Afro-American literature, analyzing specific works in detail and surveying the early history of Afro-American literature. What the slave narratives, poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and folklore of the period reveal about the social, economic, psychological, and artistic lives of the writers and their characters, both male and female.

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The short story is an important narrative form in the United States where it has maintained popularity over its long history dating from the eighteenth century. This course employs a critical race studies and cultural studies approach and centers on the development of the short story in African American literature as well as on the prevalent issues and themes in African American literature. Many black writers have found that the short story form provides a viable structure in which to present varied topics from African American life, history, and culture.

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An intensive study of fifty major works of Afro-American Studies. Required of all first-year doctoral candidates, and open only to them.

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Overview of the history of African-Americans from the development of colonial slavery and the rise of African-American communities and culture. African background; Black protest tradition including abolitionism; the distinct experience of Black women. (Gen.Ed. HS, DU)