Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE BLACK IMAGINARY: 1775-PRESENT

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course addresses some of the leading questions that shaped black writings and expressive culture in the United States from the late 18th century forward. Our readings will include Wheatley, Walker, Delany, Douglass, Du Bois, Ellison, Baldwin, King, Malcolm X, Morrison, Percival Everett, and early and contemporary films and music.