Written reports and frequent consultation with a professor may be required. Independent study on a topic related to the African Diaspora. May be repeated as topics vary, but no more than six hours will be accepted in the major. Manifestations, dynamics and impact of racism in the contemporary American social order.
Topics covered include affirmative action, multiculturalism, and inequality.
Nature and functions of African American familial systems from the slave era to the present. Emphasis on impact of public policy on socioeconomic and political status of Black family structures. The role of education in the history of African Americans. The struggle to secure educational opportunity, access to educational institutions, the types of education available, the prevailing philosophical and political issues related to the education of African Americans will be examined in the larger contexts of African American and American educational history. An introduction to Pan-African Studies and intercultural educational strategies for public school educators.