Introduction to Modern African American History
AFAM 204
Spring 2017
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This class will examine African American history from 1877 to the present. Central themes will include the post-Reconstruction period, Jim Crown, urbanization, migration, persistent institutionalized discrimination in education and the legal system, as well as key social justice movements such as the Civil Rights Movement and black power. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AMST)(EDST)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Vincent Harding, THERE IS A RIVER: THE BLACK STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN AMERICA (Mariner Books; Reissue edition, 1993)
Manning Marable and Leith Mullings, eds., LET NOBODY TURN US AROUND: VOICES OF RESISTANCE, REFORM AND RENEWAL: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000).
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Examinations and Assignments:
Exams & essays |
| Instructor(s): Gross,Kali Nicole Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 12 | FR: 14 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 2 | Unranked: 0 |
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