EGL 115 - Black Lives Matter Poetry

Course Units: 1

This course examines poetry that is part of the Black Lives Matter movement. We will investigate poetry as a form of protest for African Americans in the 21st Century and examine how it is used to resist white supremacy and violence against Black communities. Poet: Jericho Brown, Danez Smith, Ross Ray, Eve L. Ewing, Claudia Rakine, and more. Also, counts toward AFS, AMS.

100-level courses open to all students. CC: HUL, LCC, JCAD, JLIT, WAC ISP: AFR, AMS