HI 112: Black Power in the Classroom: The History of Black Studies

Spring 2025 – Chad Williams

Centers Black experiences, cultures, knowledge production and identity formation in the United States and in the African Diaspora across time and space. Examines and traces the genealogies of Black Studies as a discipline: its political, ideological, and practical foundations on college campuses and in communities. Also explores earlier traditions and contemporary work in Black radical thought and activism that lay the groundwork for and build on the founding principles of Black Studies by mobilizing an intersectional and diasporic lens. Also offered as CAS AA 112. BU Hub Areas (Effective Fall 2020): Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I, Research and Information Literacy.