HIS.3014 African-American History
This course surveys aspects of African-American history from earliest times to the present. The topics include: the African background; slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade; Blacks in the colonial period; the Civil War and reconstruction; Black migrations, civil and social rights struggles; and political and cultural nationalism (Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements). Topics are examined within the context of American history so as to highlight both intimate links as well as distinctiveness.
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