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ACT UP

In this module, ACT UP, students explore how a coalition of AIDS activists used protest, art, and civil disobedience to challenge government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and public institutions. Drawing on Sarah Schulman’s history of ACT UP New York, an oral history archive, and the documentary United in Anger, students examine…

How are categories made?, How are people represented?, How do people make change?, How does power work?, Who belongs?

Activism, Art and Activism, Civil Disobedience, Class, Coalition, Direct Action, Emotion, Gender, LGBTQ+, Public Health, Queer Politics, Race, Representation, Social Movements, State Power
Comparing Methods of Making Freedom

In this module, Comparing Methods of Making Freedom, students compare two distinct approaches—the legal challenge embodied in the Dred Scott decision and the direct action of the Underground Railroad. Students will examine how freedom has been fought for in different ways. Dred Scott sought freedom through the court system, whereas…

How are categories made?, How do people make change?, How does law shape society?, How does power work?, Uncategorized, Who belongs?

Abolition, Activism, Archives, Belonging, Citizenship, Direct Action, Federal Courts, Freedom Suits, Law, Legal Challenges, Race, Racialization, Resistance, Slavery, Social Movements, State Power

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