ENGL 067. James Baldwin’s Civil Rights

Cross-listed as BLST 067
Focusing on that prolific period from the late 1950s to the early 1970s when James Baldwin arose as a spokesperson, celebrity, and artist of the Civil Rights Movement, this course engages his thought through his fiction, essays, drama, and memoir, paying particular attention to the ethics and aesthetics of Blackness, race, gender, sexuality, and history.
20th/21st c.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST, ASAM.
Fall 2024. Foy.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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