Courses

Survey of late 19th century to present African American history.

An historical survey of African American heritage, culture, contributions and adjustments from slavery to emancipation and the early role of African Americans within the emergence of American civilization.

An historical survey of African Americans arer emancipation with emphasis on the social, economic, political and personal struggle to gain equality within the American civilization.

A survey history of African-Americans in the United States from the African past through the American Civil War.

Ancient African civilizations and their demise, the slave trade and slavery in New World to the Civil War.

This course is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual history of people of African descent in the formation and development of the United States to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. African American History to 1877 includes the study of African origins and legacy, trans-Atlantic slave trade and the experiences of African Americans during the Colonial, Revolutionary, Early National, Antebellum, and the Civil War/Reconstruction Era.

Exploration of African American history from the Atlantic slave trade up to the Civil War. It is centrally concerned with the rise of and overthrow of human bondage, and how they shaped the modern world.

This course explores African American history from the Atlantic slave trade up to the Reconstruction. Era. It is centrally concerned with the rise of and overthrow of human bondage, and how these processes shaped the modern world.

Students examine the formation and expansion of African American identity, the United States. Topics may include West and West Central Africa civilizations Second Middle Passage, Free Black society and culture, abolitionism, resistance, the systemic impact of slavery on the enslaved and their descendants.

This course is a study of literature by representative African-Americans from the eighteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes the diversity of themes and techniques found in these works and examines the historical, cultural, literary, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them. Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret the literature and to relate the works to their historical and literary contexts.