Instructor: C. Shedd
This seminar examines African American responses to, involvements in, and experiences of international events beyond the nation-state setting of the United States from the 19th century to the present. We will discuss African Americans as returnees to Africa, missionaries, military servicemen and women, travelers, expatriates, diplomats, activists, and others. The aim of the courses is to place their thought and actions in proper world-historical contexts in order to think critically about governing interpretations of African American and US history. Main readings will be supplemented by those of Afro-Caribbean and African writers for the purpose of comparison.
