AFRST-335 Urban Worlds

Since the great northern migrations of the World War II era much of African American experience has been lived out in urban worlds, from New York to San Francisco. The city has held out a peculiar hope for a better life, celebrated in fiction, scholarly literature and popular culture, since the Black exodus from the South. We explore the American story of promise and inclusion and the visible and at times hidden workings of exclusion, two stories that unfold simultaneously in the experience of urban America.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

One course in Africana Studies or consent of Instructor

Offered

Spring