Black Studies (BST)
The Black Studies minor provides an intellectual framework for understanding global Black experiences historically and contemporarily. Black Studies is significant nationally because its emergence—inextricably bound to the Black Power phase of a larger struggle for African American human rights—paved the way for subsequent liberatory fields, including Chicana/Chicano Studies, Indigenous Nations/Native American Studies, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, that also seek to center marginalized groups and challenge structures of power and privilege. In addition to interrogating institutional racism in the United States, this multidisciplinary minor examines intraracial issues of socioeconomic class, gender, sexuality and skin color. Black Studies courses place all students at the center of the learning experience, emphasizing meaningful dialogue in a challenging, yet respectful, intellectual space that affirms the bedrock importance of academic freedom.
Recommended courses for a prospective MinoR
Fall
BST 101 Introduction to Black Studies
Or
IG 251 A Black Woman Speaks
Spring
BST 101 Introduction to Black Studies
(If not already completed in the fall.)
For more information on the new minor, contact Prof. Winston Grady-Willis, Director of Black Studies.
BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM SITE
Palamountain Room 431
518-580-5014