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HIST 105-01, The African American Intellectual Tradition, Spring 2007
McKinney, Charles W.
McKinney, Charles W.
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Intellectual history is largely defined by the role that elite thinkers play in the shaping of ideas. This course
will adhere to the definition of intellectual history as “the history not of thought, but of [people] thinking.”
To that end, students will grapple with an intellectual tradition that encompasses the work and thought of
both “elite” and “non-elite” actors in the African American experience. From slaves to senators, the
African American Intellectual tradition is broad, wide and deep. To that end, students will examine
intellectual responses to slavery, emancipation, nation-building, and the long civil rights movement. In our
examination of expressive culture, writings and speeches, we will come to a greater understanding of the
centrality and multi-layered meanings of freedom. Finally, students will explore the critical role that
African American intellectuals—in all their guises—have played in the shaping of the American historical
and intellectual landscape.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor