BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA: RECONSTRUCTION TO THE PRESENT

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 323

Historical interplay of racism and sexism in the lives of Black and White women of different class backgrounds in the United States.

AFROAMER 231

A social history of West Africans and African Americans from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade through the modern Civil Rights Movement, paying special attention to the institution of slavery (1619-1865), emancipation and reconstruction (1861-1877), and the long civil rights movement (1877-1968). Major themes include the varied experiences of enslaved peoples, the roles Black people played in maintaining and sustaining North American colonies, and how African Americans helped to create the American Republic. Examine how Black people fought for their freedom and liberty, as well as, the challenges, successes, and shortcomings of the long civil rights movement.

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 624

Examines Black women's struggles for racial justices; reconsiders conventional notions of leadership, politics and protest. Topics include abolitionism, anti-lynching campaigns, woman suffrage, labor movement, club movement, cultural expressions, civil rights protest, Black feminism/womanism, poverty and welfare rights, environmental racism, etc.

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 326

Assesses how race and gender (as well as socio-economic status, age, sexuality, region, etc.) shaped the experiences and options of African Americans, especially women, in U.S. society from WW II to the present.

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 333

Uses an interdisciplinary framework to interrogate core assumptions, arguments, and silences in past and present black feminist thought.