Course Catalog

AST 240 African American Intellectual History

Examines the intellectual and political discourse of African Americans from the 19th century to the present. Topics include the political debates of DuBois-Washington and King-Malcolm X; analysis of past/present lynchings and church burnings in the South; the philosophical foundations of cultural pluralism, Black nationalism, and contemporary multiculturalism; the criticism of Black feminism/womanism and Black sexual politics; and recent disputes between neoconservatives and their critics.

Credits

4