Interdisciplinary consideration of the intersection of race, class, and gender in the lives of women past and present. See WMS 403 and HIS 453. Focuses on the history of African Americans. Traces chronology from the slave trade through codification of slavery and its 200-year history to the life of freed men and women. Includes the Civil War, Reconstruction, Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movements.
Central focus is on social history of human relations, including issues of gender, class, and race.
See HIS 427. An examination of the African-American literary heritage, from slave narratives through writers like DuBois, Wright, Baldwin, Hughes, Brooks, and Morrison. See ENG 438. Designed to help students understand the historical basis of the present cultural, economic, social, and political problems in Africa. Issues to be addressed include the exploitation of Africa's resources by the West and the impact of Islam and Christianity on the traditional African culture and religion.