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African American & African Stu 323.02
History of African-American in the Age of Slavery
Credit hours: 5
GEC categories:
Prerequisites:
Text Books:
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher | ISBN |
| Passageways: an interpretive history of black America, Vol. II | Colin Palmer | Harcourt Brace Coll. Pub. | |
| Crossing the danger wate: three hundred years of AA writing | Deirdre Mullane | Anchor Books | |
| Southern Horrors and Other writings, the anti-lynching campaign | Jacqueline Jones Royster | Bedford Books | |
| The American Civil Rights movement | Raymond D'Angelo | McGraw-Hill/Dushkin |
Course Objectives: This course will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural challenges that Black Americans confronted between the period of the Emancipation of Slaves and the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Black struggles and attempts to define their national identity, adaptation to a new political climate, and the creation of new political, economic, social, and cultural institutions will be discussed and analyzed in depth. This course is primarily designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the Black experience in the US in a period of one hundred and forty-two years hundred years
Course Content: This course is designed to introduce students to critical analysis of important issues in historical perspectives. Students will be expected to read the weekly assignments so that they can participate effectively in discussions. Students are strongly advised to attend classes regularly in order to keep up with the course.
Method of Presentation: supplementary readings: Reader: Intro to African-American & African Studies, in closed reserve in bromfield library. This course is based on lectures, discussions, films, and group projects. Weekly readings will be assigned, and it is the responsibility of every student to keep up with the lectures and readings. Group projects will be handed out in class, and each group will be expected to do a thorough research on a topic, and then present the findings in class. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during the lecture sessions.
Method of Evaluation: the final grade in this course will be based on the following criteria - a term paper; book review; class attendance and discussion; mid-term examination (comprehensive essay) and final examination
