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This course explores the history of blacks in the United States since the end of slavery, focusing both on the relationship between blacks and the American state and the changing attitudes among blacks about their position and status in the American nation. Although freed slaves were made citizens of the United States at the end of the Civil War, in the last 140 years African-Americans have been forced to fight for full rights of citizenship. This course will examine how demographic, economic and political changes since the 1860s have affected blacks and will focus on the many ways in which African Americans have struggled to achieve freedom and equality in American society. Topics the course covers include: Emancipation and Reconstruction, urban migration, the impact of the Depression and the two World Wars on blacks, African-American cultural expression, the Civil Rights Movement, modern Black Nationalism and the status of blacks in the post-Civil Rights era. The class particularly seeks to illustrate the diversity of the African-American experience since the Civil War, with a particular emphasis on class and gender issues.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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