African American Fraternal Associations in U.S. Society and Politics
SOCIOL 1388
Subject & Catalog Number
Jointly Offered with:
Faculty of Arts & Sciences as GOV 1388,
Faculty of Arts & Sciences as AFRAMER 154Y
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Description
Cross-class fraternal associations were long central to African American civil society. Using unique primary sources as well as secondary works, this research seminar explores the development of a range of fraternal orders that flourished from the mid-1800s through the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras. Case studies include the largest U.S.-centered transnational associations; fraternal groups founded and led by Black women; and the small number of groups that tried to include both Blacks and whites. Special attention paid to relations of Black fraternal orders to churches, businesses, unions, the NAACP, and other civil rights endeavors.
Class Notes
Cross-listed AAAS 154Y and GOV 1388
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
N/A
Department
Sociology
Course Component
Seminar
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
