HIST 266 : AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIST FROM 1877 (D)

Using lectures, reading and writing assignments; in class discussion and structured debates this course surveys the history of African Americans from the end of Reconstruction to the present. The course critically analyses decisive political, social, and cultural events specific to African-American History through the examination of primary and secondary sources. Emphasis is placed on the construction of "race" in each period as well as the diversity of the Black experience in America.