GOVT-313 African Americans, The Supreme Court, and Society

This course will involve a direct examination of U.S. Supreme Court cases that involve legal questions directly salient to African Americans in U.S. Society. The legal issues we will address include (but are not limited to) questions of enslavement, citizenship status, desegregation, voting rights, and criminal justice. Each week will involve an in-depth analysis of legal disputes before the Court. Students will become familiar with the litigants, the central legal questions at issue, lower court rulings, and the impact of the Supreme Court decision on the litigants and broader society.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive, Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies, Seminar.)

Credits

Prerequisite

GOVT-116 or any 200-level GOVT course

Notes

(American Politics)