HIST393
AFR-AM FREEDOM DREAMS 20TH CEN
Also listed under 2 other titles
- AFR-AM POL/SOC MVMNT 1830-1930
- AFR-AMER POL&SOC MVMENTS
- Department
- History
- Terms offered
- 7
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
According to historian Robin DG Kelley, "love and imagination may be the most revolutionary impulses available to us, and yet we have failed to understand their political importance and respect them as powerful social forces." Building on Kelley's analysis, this course traces African American imaginative practices to attain freedom rights in the face of oppressive policing, state violence, and individual and organized acts of terror. It explores the symbiotic relationship between artistic practices- visual, performative, poetic, and musical - and activist theories and tactics within the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Freedom Struggle, Women's Liberation, and the Prison Abolition Movement. Students will read poets, such as Audre Lorde, analyze plays by Langston Hughes and Amiri Baraka, and discuss essays by black theorists, such as James Baldwin and Angela Davis. All the while, they will consider how artist-activists, like Emory Douglass, found inspiration from the music of John Coltrane and songs of Nina Simone in their struggle to build a world free from the oppressive forces that deprived them "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2015–2025
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 21% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 9 fall terms since 2018. Department course count falling about 3% per year. | 2030 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 27% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 10 fall terms since 2017. | 2029 Spring: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 27% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 11 fall terms since 2016. | 2028 Spring: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 27% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 12 fall terms since 2015. | 2027 Spring: 7% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 spring terms since 2015. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2025 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2015 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 9:00 AM–10:15 AM Jefferson Academic Center JF202 2025
- Mon, Thu, 2:50 PM–4:05 PM JC102 2012
- Mon, Wed, 12:00 PM–1:15 PM JC206 2008
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 0 of 30 enrolled | 23062 |
| Fall 2024 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 1 of 35 enrolled | 23062 |
| Fall 2018 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 3 of 14 enrolled | 26523 |
| Spring 2017 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 14 enrolled | 35649 |
| Spring 2014 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 14 enrolled | 33123 |
| Spring 2012 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 1 of 25 enrolled | 31475 |
| Fall 2008 | Ousmane Power-Greene | Lecture | 1 | 1 of 35 enrolled | 25461 |