SOCI196

SOCI

196

Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter movement is a movement that began in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin - however the movement and the #BlackLivesMatter weren't the first time that Black people moved collectively to assert their human and civil rights. This course examines the important role of movements leading up to the Black Lives Matter Movement, specifically the Civil Rights Movement, Black Labor Movements, and the Black Power Movement. In this course we will engage with prominent social movement theories to gain an understanding of the processes behind Black people mobilizing to push for societal and institutional change. The course will focus on Black movements and engages with social movements theories such as collective identity, resource mobilization, and movement strategies and tactics to examine these key movements in U.S. history. 4 SH. CC: Social Interactions, First-Year Seminar.

Standard (STAND), First-Year Seminar (FYSE), Social Interactions (SOCIN)