Spring 2027

Black Women in America: Reconstruction to the Present

This course explores African American women's experience from slavery to the present, covering topics like segregation, migration, civil rights, and feminism.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.15 GPA, 52.8% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.34 GPA, 59.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.32 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the implications of being Black and female in the United States since the Reconstruction era.

  • Appreciate the multitude of contributions made by women of African descent in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the United States of America.

  • Describe how certain histories have been valued and devalued, and how these differences have promulgated racial disparities in contemporary American society.

  • Critique canonical US history and its impact on gender and race relations in the US, developing a healthy skepticism of knowledge claims.

  • Use primary sources and secondary peer-reviewed sources in written assignments to connect course topics to the lived experiences of African Americans.

  • Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US.

  • Understand and apply the primary theories and methods employed by historians of African American history.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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AFROAMER/GEN&WS 324

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  • Sophomore standing

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.15 GPA, 52.8% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.34 GPA, 59.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.32 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, segregation, migration, urban and rural poverty, civil rights, nationalism, feminism, and sexual politics.
  • Contributions of women of African descent in social, political, cultural, and economic development of the United States.
  • How histories have been valued and devalued, and how these differences have promulgated racial disparities in contemporary American society.

Skills

  • Explain implications of being Black and female; critique canonical US history and develop skepticism of knowledge claims.
  • Use primary and secondary peer-reviewed sources in written assignments to connect course topics to lived experiences.
  • Understand and apply primary theories and methods employed by historians of African American history.

Grades

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About this comparison

1022 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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