HIST 336: The African American Experience in the United States: Reconstruction to the Present

HIST 336-001: African American History: From Reconstruction to the Present
(Spring 2016)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR

East Building 122

Section Information for Spring 2016

This course is the second part of a two-semester examination of African American history in the United States. This semester we study the African American experience in the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. The course uses music, film, and literature as well as primary historical documents to bring this history to life. A central goal of the course is to understand how African Americans responded to the racial segregation and discrimination that arose after the end of slavery. Main topics covered include: the origins of Jim Crow segregation, the history of lynching, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans in the military during WWII and Vietnam, black nationalism, the modern civil rights movement, debates about affirmative action, and the impact of mass incarceration on African Americans.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

History of African American life in post-slavery America, and rise and consequences of racial segregation in 19th and 20th centuries. Examines African American response to continued racial inequality and repression. Covers great migration, urbanization, black nationalism, and civil rights era, as well as contemporary debates about race. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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