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  • AFRA 3898 Ferguson: Race Class and Social Justice

    Africana Studies is offering a new course: Ferguson: Race, Class and Social Justice in the Age of Obama

    AFRA 3898 section 3

    Tuesdays 4:00-6:30 pm

    Intructor: William Cobb

    This course is an interdisciplinary examination the social, economic, gender, historical and political dynamics that have attended the Obama presidency and specifically the racial conflicts around policing and violence during this era. The course will examine Ferguson, Missouri and the conflict surrounding the death of Michael Brown as a microcosm for the broader concerns of race and social justice in the contemporary United States.

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    For more information, contact: Africana Studies Institute at africana@uconn.edu or 860-486-3630