African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

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The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.

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Subjects

  • Politics of Gender
  • Public Policy
  • Reconstruction
  • Migration
  • Urbanization
  • New Negroes

Course programme

Lecture 1Dawn of Freedom

Lecture 2Dawn of Freedom (continued)

Lecture 3Reconstruction

Lecture 4Reconstruction (continued)

Lecture 5Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation

Lecture 6Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued)

Lecture 7Migration and Urbanization

Lecture 8Migration and Urbanization (continued)

Lecture 9The New Negroes

Lecture 10The New Negroes (continued)

Lecture 11Depression and Double V

Lecture 12Depression and Double V (continued)

Lecture 13The Road to Brown and Little Rock

Lecture 14From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights

Lecture 15From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued)

Lecture 16From Voting Rights to Watts

Lecture 17From Voting Rights to Watts (continued)

Lecture 18Black Power

Lecture 19Black Power (continued)

Lecture 20The Politics of Gender and Culture

Lecture 21The Politics of Gender and Culture (continued)

Lecture 22Public Policy and Presidential Politics

Lecture 23Public Policy and Presidential Politics (continued)

Lecture 24Who Speaks for the Race?

Lecture 25Who Speaks for the Race? (continued)

African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

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