About the Course
The purpose of this course is to examine the AfricanAmerican experience in the United States from 1863 to the present.
Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of
Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the
development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and
the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B.
Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr.,
and Malcolm X.
Warning: Some of the lectures in this course contain graphic content and/or adult language that some users may find disturbing.
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