3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: READ 0810, ENGL 0810)This course emphasizes the history of African Americans from their origins in the ordeal of slavery, through their existence in slavery and freedom until the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction and its failure, the Jim Crow Era and Age of Booker T. Washington, the Great Migration, the Era of the New Negro and Marcus Garvey, Depression and New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, the Era of Conservative Reaction, and the modern status of African Americans. 3 hours lecture.TNeCampus Equivalent Course - HIST 2060