BLST 059. The Black Freedom Struggle: From Civil Rights to Hip-Hop

This course is devoted to the study of the black efforts to achieve political, social and economic equality within the United States through protest. Students will investigate the links between protest efforts in the era of World War II, the nonviolent and radical phases of the modern civil rights movement and the development of a new culture of protest in the last quarter of the 20th century. In addition to studying historical texts, students will analyze various forms of protest media such as Black Radio Days, cartoons, paintings and plays of 1960s Black Arts Movement and the poems, lyrics, and graphic art of early hip-hop.
Non-distribution.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Black Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/black-studies-program

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