HIST 210 - African American History

“This survey of Afro-American history includes the following topics: the Atlantic slave trade, pre-Civil War conditions, lives and contributions of enslaved and free people, Civil War and Reconstruction doubts and hopes, post-Reconstruction struggles between Euro- and Afro-Americans through the 1950’s, and the Civil Rights activism of the 1960’s and early 1970’s.”

Course Catalog Description [proposed  revision]

This is a survey of African American history from the origins of the transatlantic slave trade to the recent past.  Key themes and topics include the social construction of race; slavery, slave resistance, and emancipation; Black culture; African American politics; the African diaspora; and the Black freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement.

Prerequisites & Notes
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