300-400 level courses are on special topics and are more advanced. They often presuppose some basic knowledge in the field and should be more difficult courses than courses at the 1-199 levels. The department is trying to insure that some 400 level courses, although substantially more difficult, are also small in size; they thus may be suitable for graduate students.
HIST 484 African American Intellectual History
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
SEM
Who and what is an African American intellectual? What has been the place of intellectuals in struggles against racial injustice in the twentieth century? This course explores these and other questions by examining the lives and the writings of men and women whose public service and intellectual works defined the political issues of their days, and ours. A number of themes will be considered, including ideas about religion and political activism, about gendered notions of racial leadership, and about the role of mass media and popular culture modern intellectual history. Readings will be varied and include primary writings, critical analyses, and memoirs.
