AFR 243 Africana Youth and Social Justice Struggles
3 hours
This course focuses on Africana youth’s struggles for social justice over the past hundred years. Students explore conceptual frameworks to analyze Black youth organizational initiatives around civil rights and community building. Using primary texts, case studies, and a thirty-hour service-learning project, students examine Africana youth agency and change-making from multiple vantage points. They also evaluate their own place in society, actions and personal choices.