HIS 325 African American History

This course offers a general overview of African-American history from African origins through contemporary America. Its purpose is to provide the historical context for understanding the black experience in literature, political and social movements, religion, and other pertinent areas. Upon completion, students should be able to explain how African-Americans were enslaved in the Americas, how free blacks and slaves lived before emancipation, how the promise of emancipation was not met by the U.S. government in the Jim Crow era, how the civil rights movement changed the experience of African-Americans in the U.S., and how African-Americans influenced American popular culture.