ASRC 1860

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ASRC 1860
FWS: A Dream, not a Nightmare: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Quest for Justice

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

What are your dreams and how do you articulate and communicate them to others, especially in writing? This course primarily serves as your writing laboratory with the objective of helping students think critically and write clearly as they seek to understand the ethical framework underpinning MLK's nonviolent active resistance and its applicability to our contemporary quest for justice. The primary text for this course is A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. which encompasses MLK's writings including his historic public addresses, letters, sermons, interviews, books, and essays that will serve as templates for learning various types of writings. This course challenges students to dream freely, think critically, and write clearly using the informal and formal writing assignments.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18143 ASRC 1860   SEM 101

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    • TR

    • Aboi, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.