AFR 476
CAPSTONE: Black Radicalism Fall 2018 Division II; Cross-listed as AFR476 / HIST476

Amandla! Black Power! Venceremos! A Luta Continua! Ever since the end of slavery–brought about by the Haitian Revolution, slave rebellions, maroons, Quilombos, Civil War and various other means of resistance–transatlantic people of African descent have demanded radical change in the organization of modern societies. Their struggles and ideas have changed the ways we think and study–through the formation of Africana/African-American/Black-Studies–and the ways in which we express ideas–through the creation of rich traditions of music, dance, theater, poetry, carnivals, sculpture, and art that have acted as global conduits of cultures of resistance. In this Senior Seminar, we will study the most tumultuous period of Black radicalism in the 1960’s, focusing on the Black Panther Party, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, the Third World Women’s Alliance/Angela Davis, and Caribbean and African radical movements, with an eye to examining their relevance to Black radical movements today.