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The course will teach historical concepts from the post civil war years to #blacklivesmatter and will cover key periods in the American experience including Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the struggle for civil rights, and #blacklivesmatter. The course emphasizes an understanding of both policy and practice, and engages students in series of case studies, practical frameworks, selected readings, and guest lectures. Students will contemplate and study the ways in which racial justice plays out across a variety of contexts, including public spaces, the workplace, school, family and relationships, and public policy. The series of guest lectures will be delivered by practitioners and leaders in the movement for racial justice. Ultimately, the course aims to empower students to advance racial justice through self, individual and systems advocacy. At the end of the course, students can expect to walk away with a) a broad understanding of the drivers of structural racism, b) models of advocacy in advancing policy change, c) individual and institutional core competencies for anti-racist practices. Recommended background: an authentic interest in racial justice and models for social change, a willingness to engage in candid, constructive, and challenging conversations and a desire to learn tools with practical applications in the workforce, community organizing, and social activism.