HIST 5374 African American History

This course examines African American historiography, history, culture and society. Key themes include: identity, gender, race, class, slavery, Civil War, emancipation, reconstruction, freedom, resistance, the Great Depression, WWII, Pan Africanism, Civil Rights, and Black Power. Students will read and analyze primary source documents to form historical interpretations of the past and research and write a historical paper or historiographical essay based on primary and/or secondary documents.