HST-1062 - History of African Americans Since 1877* (H, C) (3)

Prerequisite: Reading Placement; or RDG-0800; or take one of the following: IRW-0900A ; IRW-0900B ; IRW-0900C
Students survey the central place of African Americans in the cultural, economic, political, and social development of the United States, from Reconstruction to the present. This course satisfies the General Education Humanities requirement and the Core Competency for Cultural and Global Awareness.

List Course Outcomes (consistent for all sections)
CO1 - Explain the significance of the failure of Reconstruction.

CO2 - Describe the impact of African Americans on American culture since 1877.

CO3 - Explain the emergence of segregation and Jim Crow laws.

CO4 - Describe the impact of industrialization and the Great Migration on African Americans.

CO5 - Describe the emergence of Black Nationalism.

CO6 - Explain the emergence of the Civil Rights movement.

CO7 - Explain significant events in African American history since 1877.