History of African Americans since 1877

This course surveys African-American History from the end of Reconstruction through the present. Particular emphasis is placed on describing and analyzing black Americans' efforts to counteract the inequalities their communities experienced largely as a result of racist Jim Crow laws and racial disenfranchisement. Moreover, it examines the Great Migration, the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, the Post-World War II integrationist and Black Nationalist movements, and black political activism at the turn of the millennium. This course is designed to assist students in gaining an improved understanding of (and appreciation for) the myriad ways in which black Americans have impacted the cultural, political, social, and economic structures of the United States, and, in turn, how living within American society has impacted the evolution of African-American thought and action. The instructional format is based on face-to-face lectures and classroom discussions (with an Honors option available during the spring semester and an online option available during the fall, spring, and summer semesters).