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HIST 112 - African American History

4.00 credit hours
A survey of African American experiences from colonial times to the present using primary source readings. Early topics include the African slave trade, different forms of slavery, resistance, and emancipation. Later topics include the short-lived gains of Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, migration from the rural South to the urban North, the Civil Rights movement, and ongoing struggles for racial equality.

Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities, Ethical Dimensions, U.S. Power Structures.
iCon(s): Challenging Inequity, Engaging Civic Life.


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