HIST 2100 Black History and Civil Rights in the United States
This course examines the centuries-long freedom and Black civil rights struggle in the United States. An examination of civil rights in United States history provides students with a unique opportunity to journey through critical moments in Black history. Topics of the course include but are not limited to: the experiences of Black people in the North American colonies, the middle passage, African slavery in the Atlantic World, Black lives in the founding era, 19th- century slavery, abolition, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, redlining, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Offered
Fall, Spring