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AFS 233 - African-American History

Description
This course traces the history of African Americans from early modern Africa and the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the close of the 20th century. The first half of the course will provide a chronological narrative of people of African descent in North America, with an emphasis on enslavement and resistance, abolition and emancipation and the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s; the second half of the course will examine a number of themes central to the historical experiences of African Americans, including politics, religion, art and music. Same as AFS233.
Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req
Major:Women’s,Gender,Sexuality


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