HIS 1100 The African American Experience after 1865

3 Hours

Students in this course will explore political, social, intellectual, and cultural developments in the history of African Americans in the United States after 1865 and through the 1980s. The experience of African American life in this period is central. This includes several interrelated historical phenomena: gender, the black image, the Great Migration, and patterns of life lived through things like music, dress, food, and language.