HST-1510 - History of African Americans I

Survey of African American history from the beginnings of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in the colonial era through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The course examines the social, political, cultural, military, economic, and scientific triumphs and tribulations that African Americans experienced. Particular emphasis is placed on describing and analyzing black Americans' resistance to inequality, the development of their institutions, the expansion of slavery, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.