W.E.B. DuBois Seminar

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

In this course we will examine the intellectual, social, political, religious philosophical and political history of slavery, reconstruction, women’s liberation, race, rebellion and revolution through the works of W.E.B. DuBois. We will discuss the key debates between DuBois and Booker T. Washington, DuBois and Garvey and others. We will explore his many stages, developments, organizational affiliations and changes. His theories of Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Women’s rights, The Talented Tenth, Marxism and Communism, Decolonization and Democracy will be studied.