SOSC308

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AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

Social Science (SOSC) Social Science & Human Srv

Course Description

An examination of the similarities and differences between the philosophies and ideologies of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, W.E.B. Dubois, B.T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and other 19th and 20th century African American leaders. Using a socio-political framework of dialects, we will raise questions dealing with: reformism and revolution, non-violence, self-defense and violence, integration and separatism, nationalism and socialism, and other key concepts of the leadership.

Course Attributes

MJ-AMER- Amer Thought & Value (AMR9), MJ-AMER-Advanced Cat Elective (AMRB), OLD GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA (GNAM), SS-Sch Core-Consc & Society (SCNS)