HIS 214
Modern African Amer. History · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
Pre-Requisite: ENG 110
About this course
This course is a historical survey of the African American experience in the United States from the end of the Civil War through the present. This course examines the thoughts and actions of African Americans from the era of Reconstruction to the present. This course will employ the analytical lenses of race, gender, and class in order to illustrate how African Americans have helped shape the history of the United States since the end of the Civil War.Students will read primary sources and learn methods of historical analysis. Important topics include the Emergence of Jim Crow, the Great Migrations and Urban Development, the Black Women's Club Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement and "massive resistance," Black Power ideology, and the role of people of African origins in the post-civil rights era.
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