HIST 260 - The History of the African-American People since 1877

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years

An intensive study of the African-American experience from 1877 to the present. Special emphasis is given to the development of black intellectual and cultural traditions, development of urban communities, emergence of the black middle class, black nationalism, the civil rights era, and the persistence of racism in American society.DeLaney.