Topic: Growing Up Jim Crow

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
2:30pm-3:45pm
TuTh
New Psyc Bldg 220 (36 Eagle Ro
Kelly, Hilton. 44047 TBA.

January 18, 2012- May 01, 2012

Crosslisted: EDS471-003.

Catalog Description: Wide range of topics pertinent to the African American experience. Among topics that have been offered in the past are: Black Political and Social Movements, Afro-Centric Cultures and Human Services, Black Images in American Film, Black Families, Education and the Black Community, and Social Psychological Perspectives on Black Men and Women in the United States.

Semester Details:

Content: What is the origin and legacy of "Jim Crow" in the United States?  During the Age of Jim Crow, how did generations of white and black children learn race and racism?  What are the public and hidden transcripts of resistance to white supremacy across race, gender, and class?  What are examples of continuity and change in race relations from roughly the 1870s to the 1970s?  These are some of the questions that we will encounter in this course.  From the perspectives of white and black southerners, we will examine oral histories, literary narratives, and visual representations of numerous topics:  "Jim Crow" education, white supremacy, disenfranchisement, lynching, rape, resistance, interracial harmony, and desegregation.  Students will also analyze films as complex texts that can be viewed through multiple and intersecting lenses.  Course requirements include various writing assignments, such as short analytical papers, a midterm exam and a final exam.

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