HIST 4329 Black History and Thought
This course focuses on black history and thought from Emancipation through the conservative backflash of the 1970s. It addresses issues such as suffrage, racist and sexual violence, Jim Crow, black images, science and medicine, resistance, class division, and cultural expression. Although focusing on social history, the course interweaves the intellectual thought of black thinkers from the nineteenth and twentieth century. Finally, it stresses geography, comparing black experiences in rural and urban areas, and throughout the country.
Offered
As scheduled