SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1848-1877

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.

HISTORY 155

Explores the generations-long effort by African Americans and allied forces to achieve full citizenship in the U.S. and equitable footholds in American society. Forged in a history of enslavement and in many ways ongoing, this freedom struggle encompasses the history of abolitionism to the struggle for civil rights to the fight for Black Power to the effort to make Black Lives Matter. Introduces the history of African American people in the U.S. from the end of the era of slavery to the present day; explores how that history has been shaped directly by the actions and activism of Black people and their allies; considers how that history intersects with, shapes, and is shaped by other historical moments and movements; provides opportunities to think more actively about issues of belonging, citizenship, difference, and interpersonal and structural power; develops skills in historical analysis and argumentation.

AFROAMER/HISTORY 322

Survey of African American history from its roots in Africa to the end of the 19th century. Topics considered include the slave trade, the political and cultural practices of enslaved communities, forms of resistance, Reconstruction, and systems of segregation.

HISTORY 102

American political, economic and social development from the Civil War to the present.

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 324

Explores African American women's experience from waning days of slavery to present. Topics include slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, segregation, migration, urban and rural poverty, civil rights, nationalism, feminism and sexual politics.