HIST 321 - African American History

3 Credit Hours

A survey of U.S. history from 1619-1990 exploring African Americans’ contributions and the challenges they experienced due to government policy changes during these 370 years. Includes indentured servitude, slavery, rebellion and resistance, wars, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, Great Migration and Garveyism, Harlem Renaissance, World War II, the civil rights movement, and post-civil rights years as well as numerous individual leaders.

Meets General Education Goal 5: Culture and Diversity.