GOVT 1626

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GOVT 1626
Black Political Thought

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course is a survey of some of the canonical and some of the most exciting contemporary works in the field of Black political thought. The first half covers foundational texts from Delany, Douglass, Du Bois, and Garvey to Baldwin, King, Malcolm X, and Ellison. It focuses on questions such as: what is the nature of the wrong(s) African Americans have suffered in the United States?; what is a race?; what sustains systems of racist domination and exclusion?; and what is the best way to dismantle them? The second part of the course consists of an examination of contemporary works dealing with questions such as the nature and causes of racism in the 21st century, the future of Black political solidarity, and the claim that Blacks have and will never achieve any sort of emancipation in this world.


Distribution Requirements (D-AG, KCM-AG), (ETM-AS, SCD-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SU

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  •   Three Week - Three. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1567 GOVT 1626   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF
    • Jul 13 - Jul 31, 2026

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/.
    Enrollment open to: Precollege Studies Online program students. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/online.