African American and Latin American Studies

The course is an opportunity for students to explore accomplishments, struggles, intersections,  perspectives, and collaborations of African American, Black, Latino, and Puerto Rican people in the U.S.  Students will examine how historical movements, legislation, and wars affected the citizenship rights of  these groups and how they, both separately and together, worked to build U.S. cultural and economic  wealth and create more just societies in local, national, and international contexts. Coursework will  provide students with tools to identify historic and contemporary tensions around race and difference;  map economic and racial disparities over time; strengthen their own identity development; and address  bias in their communities.  This is a full year course.