2026 Fall

AFRICAM 27AC 001 - LEC 001

Race, Racism and Resistance in the United States

Ameer Hasan Loggins

Aug 26, 2026 - Dec 11, 2026

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

Genetics & Plant Bio 100

Class #:23730

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through African American Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 13

Enrolled: 167

Waitlisted: 35

Capacity: 180

Waitlist Max: 40

Open Reserved Seats:

13 reserved for African American Studies Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

This course explores the role of race, racism and resistance in the United States from 1492 to the present. We do this by reading autobiographical works written by racial justice activists alongside works in the theory of racial formations. Together we ask: What is race? How do we define and recognize racism? How has race shaped the lives of Americans historically classified as minorities? And how have anti-racist intellectuals represented the personal and political struggles of racialized communities living in a white majority culture? To answer these questions we focus on the intersections of race, class and gender; immigration, labor and democracy; and the history of resistance to racial oppression from abolition to liberation and back.