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May 21, 2025
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(UNDER REVIEW) 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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SHMR 327 - Black, Brown and Beige: The Spirit of African American Arts4.00 credit hours
In literature, music, art, photography, film and architecture, black Americans have made signal contributions to modern arts and culture. This inter-disciplinary class covers a wide range of these texts and works of art, as well as the relevant history and politics informing them. Special attention is given to figures associated with Chicago, such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Louis Armstrong and Kerry James Marshall.
Prerequisite(s): One course in Shimer, Art Design, Art History, English, Music or instructor consent.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, U.S. Power Structures.
iCon(s): Challenging Inequality.
Click here for the schedule of classes.
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