AAST 218 - M4BL: History and Practice of An Idea

FC SSCI CD

4 credits
This course offers students a way to understand more fully the 19thc. historical roots of the Black Lives Matter Movement, its ideology and contemporary critique of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism, and the legal and material gains of the movement. Through a variety of on-line and other sources, students will carefully track the events of the mid-2000s to the present, create research models of protests, and discuss with people on the ground the kinds of citizen actions and discourses preferable in the time of COVID.
Prerequisites & Notes: AAST 101 is Prereq; Field Trips may be included but not determined at this time; course registration is by CONSENT.

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