Course Description
The twentieth-century struggle for civil rights, black identity, and self-determination. The response to industrialism and urbanization. The role of black institutions and political organizations. The philosophy and tactics of accommodation, integration, and separatism.
Athena Title
Modern African American Exper
Prerequisite
Any HIST course or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Offered every even-numbered year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about the civil rights movement by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of the modern African American experience has shaped social and cultural identities, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
Topical Outline
- Introduction
- The Civil War and Freedom
- The Promise of Reconstruction
- The Failure of Reconstruction
- Jack Johnson
- Race Riots
- World War I
- The Great Migration
- The Blues
- Lynching
- Reading
- Marcus Garvey
- Harlem Renaissance
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Progressivism
- The Black Church
- The Great Depression and the New Deal
- World War II
- Jackie Robinson
- Charles Hamilton Houston and the NAACP
- Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
- Emmett Till
- Montgomery and Little Rock
- Reading
- Sit-ins and Freedom Rides
- 1963
- Freedom Summer and the MFDP
- Watts
- Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
- The Rise of Black Power and the Black Panther Party
- 1970s and Black Culture
- Hip Hop
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
