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In this course, you will learn:
- Black intellectuals are altering race discourse in America, from critical race theory to the 1619 Project. Now, seven of those famous speakers express their perspectives on race in America in three parts: past, present, and future.
- Discover a road ahead via the boundless capacity and resilience of Black love by gaining a foundational grasp of the history of white supremacy.
Syllabus:
- Black Love: A Love Like No Other
- Black People and the Promise of Democracy
- Plantation: The Birthplace of American Capitalism
- Consider the Humanity of the Enslaved
- The Triumph of Black English
- Black Women & The Struggle For Liberation
- What They Didn't Teach You About the End of the Civil War
- Why You Should Know the 14th Amendment
- Emancipation & The Supreme Court
- The Redeemer Constitution
- Black Health in America
- Freedom, Love & The Blues
- Equality in Education Before Brown
- Why HBCUs?
- Extraordinary Black Voices
- The Power of the Black Vote
- Violence, Change and The Law
- Meet Your Instructors
- Know the Black Intellectual Tradition
- Lynching, White Supremacy, and the Law
- Transcending Victimization
- The Least Insured and the Most Sick
- Government Fostered Segregation
- Thurgood Marshall and the Key to Black Citizenship
- The Most Monumental Court Case, Perhaps Ever
- The Fight for Fair Housing
- The Government’s “Riot Report”
- My Life as a Revolutionary
- Rolling Back the Voting Rights Act
- Intersectionality: Where Race Meets Gender
- The Importance of Anita Hill
- White Supremacy and Policing
- Race, Crime, and Punishment
- Critical Race Theory: The Origin
- Defining Racism
- The Myth of Color Blindness
- Speaking Truth to Black People
- Meet Your Instructors
- Recognize the White Supremacy Inside of You
- Tell Our Stories
- What Is Owed: The Case for Reparations
- When They Try to Dehumanize You
- Why I Send My Child to a Segregated School (And Why You Should, Too)
- Why We Need to Memorialize Sites of Racial Violence
- Why I Don’t Want Reparations
- Don't Erase Black Women
- Be a Love Warrior
- Is America a White Supremacist Nation?
- What the 2020 Election Taught Us
- Using Your Greatness for Service
- Become an Example of the Thing You’re Fighting For
- What to Do Now
- Perpetuate Black Love
