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Apr 19, 2024
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HIS 194 - African American History
An introduction to African American history from the U.S. colonial period to the present. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, West Africa, the African diaspora, and the Atlantic slave trade; life among enslaved people and free black people in the colonial and revolutionary periods; slavery, abolitionist and anti-slavery movements, and African American life in the antebellum years; the Civil War and emancipation; Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era; the development of African American institutions, thought and culture; the Civil Rights era; and recent developments.
Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Describe U.S. society and/or history, including the diversity of individuals and communities that make up the nation with a focus on the historical role of African Americans.
- Explain the role of individual participation in U.S. communities and government and the influence of African Americans on U.S. political, economic, and social institutions.
- Apply historical and contemporary evidence to draw, support, or verify conclusions.
- Identify the consequences of racism in the United States at the individual, group, and systemic levels.
- Describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class and gender.
- Analyze the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity.
- Apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action.
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