Department: Music
Description: This class explores the roots and routes of Black American music. It examines events that shaped spirituals, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, hip hop, call & response, interlocking polyphonies, and improvisation, and how the music fosters repair, affirmation, and futurities for a people whose past has been deliberately rubbed out.
Credit Hours: 3
Graduation Requirement: IDEAS - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in U.S. Society. This graduation requirement is for all students, starting with students following the 2023-2024 catalog.
Dates: 01/13/2025 - 05/03/2025
Location: Cook Hall 308 (CH 308)
Instructor: Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum
Course Specification: Majors Only
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.