Women and the Global Struggle for Black Liberation

Harvard FAS

Black people around the world have long drawn connections between their struggles and those of other marginalized groups, forming powerful solidarities that cross national and cultural boundaries. This course explores how Africans, Afro-Caribbeans, and African Americans have built transnational alliances for a range of political and cultural purposes, with particular attention to the roles that women, and gendered forms of resistance have played in shaping these connections. From…