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.