HIST 412 - African-Americans in the Age of Jim Crow

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course will explore African-American history from the period following Reconstruction (when racially-based segregation became both the law and practice throughout the United States) until 1954 (when the Brown decision ended the legal and Constitutional basis for racial segregation). The course will examine work, culture, gender, class, activism, and leadership as African Americans struggled against the strictures of Jim Crow. The course will also examine major events and movements, including the Great Migration, the Great Depression, Garveyism, the Harlem Renaissance, and World War II. Not offered on a regular basis.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended).