AAAS 270S · also RELIGION 236S
Religion in Black America
Quinton H. Dixie
Description from DukeHub
Religion is diffused throughout American life and culture; it is lived and practiced in complex, and sometimes contradictory, ways across the nation's many miles and demographics. Race and blackness as concepts are constantly shifting chimera which nevertheless bestow or deny historic, economic, and social benefits to those it defines. This course explores major themes in African American religious history as people of African descent battled slavery, survived Jim Crow segregation, pushed for equality in the Civil Rights Movement, and eventually came to see a man of African elected President of the United States.
Skills
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AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
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