African American History and Race Relations: 1860-2016

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course will examine the history of African Americans and race relations from 1860 through 2016. Social, cultural, economic, and political developments will be emphasized. Topics to be covered include: Civil War; Black Reconstruction; black life and labor in the New South; Jim Crow; migration; urbanization; war and social change; the modern African American Freedom Struggle; and, post-Civil Rights-Black Power developments.