HIST 2509 - WOMEN, GENDER AND BLACK INTERNATIONALISM

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This seminar explores the complex dynamics of black internationalism, focusing on the global visions; transnational activities; and transracial political alliances of people of African descent in the United States and in other parts of the globe. Highlighting the writings, speeches, activism, and overseas travel of a diverse group of men and women, this course employs a gender analysis and moves black women from the margins to the center of the black internationalist story. The seminar examines varied expressions of black internationalism in the United States and abroad from the late 19th century to the Civil Rights-Black Power era. It engages two key questions: how was black women's engagement in internationalism similar to and/or different from their male counterparts? And to what extent did black women merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and/or feminist concerns? Course readings will represent a combination of primary and secondary sources that reflect the geographical breadth of the African Diaspora including Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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