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Apr 27, 2024
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Spring 2016 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIS 121 - African-American History 3 credits
This survey course covers the experience of Africans and African Americans. It begins with the settlement of Virginia and the arrival of the first African people to the British North America. The course includes a study of the African continent to the 17th century focusing on the movement of African people through the Atlantic Slave Trade. In North America the focus is on the role of African Americans in shaping the national experience. Topics include slavery and resistance to slavery, building of African American communities through the 19th century, impact and outcome of Civil War protest and African American experience prior to and following the Civil Rights Movement. This course attempts to review the experience of this group of Americans to the present.
Notes: Students who complete this course cannot use HIS 133 or HIS 134 to fulfill degree and/or general education requirements.
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