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    <div class="html-content"><h3>Description</h3><div><strong>Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives</strong> </div><div><br></div><div>This course analyzes black women's activism by exploring their lives across the globe as they fight for social justice in areas like politics and economics. While examining their lives throughout the African diaspora, student will utilize comparative and interdisciplinary methods to investigate how their presence has historically influenced sexual and racial politics.</div><div><br></div><div>Also offered as GWST 370, this course fulfills the Culture and Social Science GEP requirements. </div><div><br></div><h3>Class Details</h3><div><strong>Instructor: </strong>Tammy Henderson</div><div><strong>Dates: </strong>July 8 - August 2</div><div><strong>Meets: </strong>TuThFr 9:00am - 12:10pm</div><div><strong>Instruction Mode: </strong>Hybrid</div><div><strong>Credits:</strong> 3</div><div><strong>GEP: </strong>Culture &amp; Social Sciences</div><div><br></div><h3>Registration Now Open!</h3></div>
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<Summary>Description  Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives      This course analyzes black women's activism by exploring their lives across the globe as they fight for social justice in areas like...</Summary>
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