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May 07, 2024
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HIS 255 - History of African AmericansSemester Hours: 3
This course will explore the history of African Americans, starting in 1619 when the first African slaves were delivered to Jamestown, through the history of slavery in the Colonial Era, the American Revolution and the Ante-Bellum period, through the Civil War and the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era and Jim Crow segregation that came in its wake, through the achievements and disappointments of the Civil Rights movements of the 20th century, to the conservative backlash these movements faced, to the Black Lives Matter movement of the modern era.
Pre-requisites: none.
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