HIST 307 - African-American History

Examines the history of the African-American experience in North America from the Colonial period to the present. The origins of black community life and black resistance under slavery will be one key subject. The African-American experience during the “Jim Crow” era will be another. Finally, the course will deal with the evolution of a black leadership class, the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960s, and the aftermath, as an assessment of the present state of African-Americans in the United States.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 105
Credits: 3 hours