This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice.
Topics in this lecture include a course introduction and W.E.B. Du Bois.
This lecture focuses on W.E.B. Du Bois and the Great Depression.
This lecture is entitled "Shirley Graham: Transformation of an Artist/Intellectual".
This lecture is entitled "Paul Robeson: Star to Outcast".
This lecture is entitled "Bayard Rustin: Radical Outsider".
This lecture is entitled "Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Social Gospel".
This class session is a guest lecture by Awele Makeba on "The Women Who Made the Montgomery Movement".
This lecture is entitled "Ella Baker Inspires the Student Movement".
This class session is entitled "Bob Moses: Mississippi Organizer"
This class session is a guest lecture by Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This class session is a guest lecture by Clarence Jones on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This lecture is entitled "Malcolm X and his Ambiguous Legacy".
This lecture is entitled "Stokely Carmichael Defines Black Power".
This class session is a guest lecture by Elaine Brown on the Black Panther Party.
This lecture is entitled "Outlaw feminist Angela Davis".
This lecture is entitled "Tupac Shakur's 'Thug Life'".
This lecture is entitled "Barack Obama's American Dream". It was recorded on December 6, 2007.