INTS 475: Special Topics

INTS 475-DL2: Black Childhoods
(Spring 2026)

Online

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Section Information for Spring 2026

Through collaborative learning opportunities, podcasts, documentaries, poetry, art, and academic texts, analyzes the shifting geographies of Black childhood across different historical moments.  Examines the origins of racialized conceptualizations of childhood during the era of slavery and the complex strategies that Black parents and communities employed to protect their children from the brutalities of enslavement while also tracing how these legacies of care, resilience, and struggle evolved in the face of new dangers and possibilities during Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the protracted fight for civil rights and Black power.  Investigates the cultural impact of educational disparities, Black migration, residential segregation, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, student protests, and the emergence of Hip Hop shaped and complicated Black childhood experiences. Explores the adultification of Black children, the reproduction of heteronormative gender identities, and the vulnerability of Black queer and trans youth. 
 

This is an online asynchronous section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 1-18

Studies topics of special interest to undergraduates. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by School of Integrative Studies. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 18 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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