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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIST 2017 - African American History from 1877
Credits: 3
This course examines the history of African Americans from Reconstruction to the twenty-first century, highlighting the many ways in which African Americans have struggled to achieve freedom and equality in American society. Topics include the rise of the Jim Crow laws and sharecropping system in the South and the impact of racial segregation at the national level in late nineteenth century; migration patterns, urbanization, Black Nationalism, leadership protest strategies, and the Civil Rights Movement right up to the present day. The course will also examine how the search for civil rights and black pride has been and continues to be expressed in art, music, literature, and fashion.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 1010 or ENG 0910
Elective Code(s): HUM, LART
Previous HIS* 217
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