S2532 Global Blackness Experience: Black Lives Matter

S2532 Global Blackness Experience: Black Lives Matter

Class | Registration opens Monday, March 10, 2025 10:00 AM EST

5/2/2025 (one day)
10:00 AM-11:30 AM EST on Fri
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S2532 Global Blackness Experience: Black Lives Matter

Class | Registration opens Monday, March 10, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Global Blackness could be used to address the complex forces shaping the idea of ‘becoming global’ and in so doing critically deepen the perspectives of Black diaspora. Since its inception in the 2012 murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Black Live Matter encapsulates the struggles of vulnerable Black people.

The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor sparked the largest protests in U.S. history. 15-26 million people spanning racial, generational, and socioeconomic lines took to the streets to demand justice. Millions more stood in solidarity, from around the globe. This class will examine how Black Lives Matter can continually expand its reach and respond to injustices around the globe.

Zoom - Recorded

Ekotto, Frieda
Frieda Ekotto

Frieda Ekotto is a Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and Africa Studies, Comparative Literature and Francophone Studies. Ekotto is currently working on Global Blackness Experiences, aiming to document the lived experience of Blackness in a global context in view of expanding the notion of Blackness in America.