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CRES 129Black Marxism

5 creditsGE ERUndergraduateStudent Option

Marxism has been a foundational framework for the Black radical tradition. This course offers a theoretical framework to key texts in Marxism, and an overview to the problems, insights, contexts, and interventions that Black intellectuals have deployed in conversation with it.

  • This course will satisfy the CRES Transnational if passed with a C/P or better
  • This course will satisfy a Black Studies Minor elective if passed with a C/P or better.

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When it runs

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 5:20pm–6:55pm
Oakes Acad 106N. O. MitchellOpen 41/42

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Nicholas Mitchell4.4 / 53.0 / 584%34

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