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African-American History

Course Course Title Class Lab/ Shop Clinical/ Co-op Credit
HIS 221 African-American History 3 0 0 3
Prerequisites: RED 090
Corequisites: None
Effective Term: Summer 1997

This course covers African-American history from the Colonial period to the present. Topics include African origins, the slave trade, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement and contributions of African Americans. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic and cultural developments in the history of African Americans. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement pre-major and/or elective course requirement.