COMM 216 Race, Class and Pop Music

This course will examine the effects of race and class on the working-class poor of the Southern United States and their attempt to use music as a vehicle to build community, improve social standing and create awareness of systemic injustices and inequalities inflicted on the majority of Americans. A field trip is planned to one of three cities important to the core themes of this course. Those cities are Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans. An Artistic World course in the Goshen Core.