3.00 Credits
Surveys major aspects of African Americans' experience and includes their West African background, enslavement, emancipation during the Civil War and Reconstruction, segregation and marginalization, civil rights struggles for equality and inclusion, and the achievements and challenges posed in the late twentieth century and the modern era. Will be taught every three years in Fall beginning 2017 based upon student demand. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify and describe the most significant social, cultural, economic, political, and military aspects of the African American experience. 2. Argue and write analytically, clearly, cogently, and comparatively regarding African Americans' experience in slavery, strivings for freedom and inclusion in American society, and the evolution and contours of their freedom into the twenty-first century in the form of research projects, historiographical essays, and book reviews. 3. Develop and improve argumentation and discussion skills by contributing to class discussions based on readings in the scholarly literature of the African American experience. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher).