The Black Experience 1918-Present ((3 Units))

Catalog description

Prerequisite: ENGL 112 . This course explores ideas, people and events which will allow students to re-think their individual and collective beliefs about Africa, Africans and African-Americans as well as Black people throughout the Diaspora. More specifically, the period of 1918 to Present examines the experiences of African-Americans following the Reconstruction. Topics include, but are not limited to, separate but equal doctrine, the civil rights movement, Black nationalism, segregation, desegregation and integration as strategies to ameliorate discrimination and achieve equal opportunity. (Formerly 3002:253)