BLS 114W
African-American Experience · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
Pre/Co-Requisite: ESL 91 OR ENG 100 or higher
About this course
The student will be introduced, through a series of guided readings, to the experiences of peoples of African descent from Africa's genesis through the middle passage, slavery, emancipation, the reconstruction and the aftermath of de jure slavery in the Americas. The literary, economic, socio-psychological, and cultural aspects of the African-American experience till the end of the 19th century will be discussed and analyzed.
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