History 227: Explorations in the History of Race and Ethnicity
Race and Environment in the History of the United States
A intensive three-week summer course from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History exploring:
how ideas about race and ideas about the natural world have overlapped and influenced each other
how processes of racialization have reflected shaped people's material lives and experiences of the environment
how racism has informed environmental politics and how environmental concerns have fit within movements for social and economic justice
Explore the syllabus:
Listen to History 227 students interview Dr. Monica White about her book, Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance the Black Freedom Movement, here.