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Mar 14, 2025
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2022-2023 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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HIS 194 - African American History
An introduction of African American history from the colonial period to the present. Topics to be discussed include West Africa and the slave trade; slaves and free blacks in the colonial and revolutionary periods; slavery, abolitionist 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 thought and culture; the Civil Rights era; and recent developments. This course will meet the SUNY General Education US History requirement for all students, and it also meets the Civic Education requirement.
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:
- Identify the general conditions of African American life from Reconstruction to the First World War.
- Describe the influence of African Americans on U.S. political, economic, and social institutions.
- Discuss the international perspective on the lives of African Americans in the U.S.
- Identify the consequences of racism in the United States at the individual, group, and systemic levels.
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