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Mar 07, 2026
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AFST 115 - (HP) Money, Power, and Respect: Black Women in the United StatesSemester Hours: 3
This course will explore the experiences of Black Americans in the United States through the lens of Black women, whose gendered, racial, and class perspectives offer distinct understandings of traditional watershed moments in U.S. history. Through the lens of Maggie Lena Walker (money), Shirley Chisholm (power), and Fannie Lou Hamer (respect), students will engage with topics including economic inequities, the politics of citizenship, disenfranchisement, and Reproductive Justice Movements from Post-Emancipation to the twenty-first century. By the end of the semester, students will have sophisticated knowledge of how Black individuals, in many instances led by Black women, developed survival strategies, including self-help, entrepreneurship, and political activism, that centered health and social safety nets as mechanisms for gaining full, equitable access to American systems and structures.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Credit is given for AFST 115 or HIST 115 , not both.
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