HIST-205 Broadcasting Freedom: Protest, Power, and Black Media
Introduces the media’s role (including print, radio, television, and digital) in defining Black freedom movements, including Garveyism, Pan-Africanism, the Harlem Renaissance, négritude, and the Great Migration. Traces the transformation of the political landscape (and soundscape) through radio, television, and digital media, and their role in broadcasting the civil rights movement and Black Power for audiences in the United States and beyond. Focus on the critical role of media in forming and limiting the ambition, scope, and tenor of the Black freedom movement.
Standard Course (40)
Offered
Fall