Malcolm X holding up a copy of his newspaper “Muhammad Speaks” which reads “Our Freedom Can’t Wait,” at a podium addressing a crowd at a Black Muslim rally in New York City in 1963. This image is in the public domain. From Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection, LC-USZC2-5832.
Instructor(s)
Prof. Michel DeGraff
MIT Course Number
24.912 / WGS.190 / 21H.106 / 21L.008 / 21W.741 / 21M.630 / 21A.125
As Taught In
Spring 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected video lectures
- Captions/transcript
- Assignments: presentations with examples
- Assignments: written (no examples)
- Instructor insights
Course Description
Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. This course connects the experiences of African-Americans and of other American minorities, focusing on social, political, and cultural histories, and on linguistic patterns.