Providence Black Studies Syllabus

Who should take a PBSS course… and why?

• Middle and High School Principals… wanting professional development (teacher training) and enhanced curricular foundations in Black history for their entire school.

• Colleges and Universities… seeking to fill student gaps in African American history, theory, and engaged scholarship left by insufficient academic course work.

• Community-Based Organizations… aiming to enhance the analytic skill sets at the intersection of race and power for their staff and member constituents.

• Community Members… hungry for a deeper look into the blueprint of the Black organizing tradition before the Non-profit Industrial Complex sprawled into our cities.

• Faith Communities… who need to help their members historically contextualize the intersection of religion and racial justice.

• Teachers and Educators… desiring to disrupt white supremacist culture in education by learning how to build a knowledge-base around critical African and African American (Diasporic) history.

• Parents and Caregivers… searching for ideas, resources, and instructional support that advances the development of the critical thinking skills of their children around race and history.

• Social, Art, and Environmental Justice Organizations… seeking community-facing research and scholarly advisement in the Black Radical Tradition for their culture creators, influencers, artist, organizers, and members.