| Title: | Malcolm and Mandela |
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| Course Section Number: | HIS-240-02 |
| Department: | History |
| Description: | HIS-240-02=BLS-280-01 This course considers the overlapping lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela, two revolutionary figures whose influence on the fight for civil rights in America and Africa was profound and far reaching. Though the American public rarely imagined them as political bedfellows in their time, their lives had striking autobiographical similarities and pan-African connections. Students will examine the convergences and confluences of their biographies, political ideologies, and activism while exploring broader issues including colonialism, civil disobedience, cultural resistance, social justice, and freedom. We will consider how their lives intersected in the transnational struggle for racial equality and how their legacies continue to shape contemporary debates about black identity and the continued crisis of American race relations. Notably, students will also connect the lives of both men to Black experience at Wabash College and the Crawfordsville community since the 1950s. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 16, 2023 |
| End Date: | May 6, 2023 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/17/2023-05/04/2023 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Malcolm X Institute, Room 214
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| Faculty: | Thomas, Sabrina |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 6 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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