BLKS 118: Black Political Thought

2023-24 2024-25 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2024-25 → 2024-25 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; activity, 2 hours

Catalog page 167

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Examines approaches and evaluates what is at stake in engaging and producing Black political thought. Focuses on to the Black experience in the context of the United States but also covers African and Caribbean thinkers. Topics include freedom, democracy, liberation, futurity, community, radical imagining, and state-sanctioned violence.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: BLKS 118 / POSC 131
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 14/25 14/25
2024-25 24/25 24/25
2023-24 17/20 17/20