HIS 3580 - African American History II

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: HIS 1210, HIS 1220 or Permission of instructor

This course continues to study the role of the people of African heritage in the U.S. from 1876 to the present. Emphasis is placed on understanding the black experience: family and church, sex and racism, politics, economics, education, criminal justice, Black Nationalism, and the permanent contradiction between America’s ideals and its practices.Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HIS or AAS.(AAS 3580)