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PL 307 Black Thought and Philosophy

The black experience has been a complex one involving synchronized percussive movement, singing, speaking, chanting, and drama much like the dancing art of steppin’. From mutinies on slave ships to race riots in asphalt jungles, from following a women by moonlight through swamps and woods, to following a man in a suit by day through hostile crowds, blacks have been steppin’ to freedom. This course will examine this journey through the eyes of 22 black thinkers. The focus of our discussions will be the following question: According to the black thinkers we will meet, what is freedom and how can it be reached?