HIST 0018B. The African American Experience in American History since 1877
Units: 3
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Hours: 54 lecture
History of African Americans in the United States since the Civil War; major events in America's development emphasizing the role of people of African descent in the political, social and economic life of the United States; Reconstruction; Jim Crow era; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois; the Civil Rights Movement; and African Americans in the Reagan-Bush and Clinton eras. (CSU, UC)
HIST 0018B - The African American Experience in American History since 1877
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Catalog Description DESCRIPTION IS HERE: Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A Hours: 54 lecture Description: History of African Americans in the United States since the Civil War; major events in America's development emphasizing the role of people of African descent in the political, social and economic life of the United States; Reconstruction; Jim Crow era; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois; the Civil Rights Movement; and African Americans in the Reagan-Bush and Clinton eras. (CSU, UC) Units 3 Lecture-Discussion 54 Laboratory By Arrangement Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours Course Student Learning Outcomes Differentiate primary and secondary sources and how each are used to make claims relative to African American history since 1877. Analyze the origins of the American Constitution and its impact on American cultural developments relative to African American history since 1877 with emphasis on race, class, gender and ethnicity. Compose coherent, persuasive academic historical arguments regarding African American history since 1877 using correct academic citation methods. Investigate major political, economic and social changes in African American history since 1877 with emphasis on culture, race, class, gender and/or ethnicity. Course Content Outline I. Reconstruction: Constitutional Issues, 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments II. Impact of the reconstruction era on the African American community III. The Frontier after the Civil War, and policies affecting indigenous peoples, Hispanic population, and African American community IV. Industrialization: East and West V. Immigration: late 1800's including a comparison with east coast and the immigration in the southwest, looking at the new Mexican immigration and Chinese immigration into California, comparing and contrasting with the African American experience VI. Analysis of nativism in the late 1800's, the way in which it is an extension of racial attitudes toward the African American community and its affect on policies affecting indigenous peoples, Hispanic, Chinese, and European immigrants VII. Labor Movement and its policies toward the African American community VIII. Progressive Era including implications for the African American community and participation by W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Booker T. Washington, Reverend Henry Turner, and Frances Harper IX. World War I, including African American participation X. The 20's, Harlem: A case study XI. Depression and New Deal, including the impact of Roosevelt's policies on Hispanic, African American, and indigenous peoples XII. World War II, including the impact on African American population: participation, discrimination, and rising Civil Rights activities during the war XIII. Cold War and 50's - McCarthyism and life in the inner city vs. rising suburbia XIV. Rising Civil Rights - NAACP cases and their implications, Civil Rights in the 50's, grass roots activism in the 50's from Montgomery to Little Rock to Greensboro XV. 1960's Civil Rights including Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black Panthers, and Shirley Chisolm XVI. The Conservative Revolt, 1970's-Present Course Objectives Course Objectives 1. Examine the impact of post-Civil War legislation on African Americans 2. Trace the political and constitutional developments in the U.S. from the time of Reconstruction through the legal disenfranchisement and segregation of blacks in the late nineteenth century. 3. Analyze and appraise the impact of prominent African American men and women on the development of United States 4. Examine the impact of important organizations and movements 5. Analyze and examine the similarities and differences between African Americans and other ethnic groups by exploring the impact of foreign and domestic immigration and the relationships which emerged between African Americans and other ethnic groups 6. Trace and analyze the emergence of the United States as a world power and its relationships with Africa, the Caribbean Islands and Central and South America 7. Examine the constitutional changes that occurred on the state and federal level during the Civil Rights era, beginning with the case of Brown v. Board of Education. 8. Analyze and review the Civil Rights Movement Methods of Evaluation Classroom Discussions Essay Examinations Objective Examinations Projects Reports Reading Assignments 1. In Hine's, "The African American Odyssey" read section entitled "Meanings of Freedom" and provide a written response to each of the following questions using material from the chapter: How did the Great Depression affect black culture? What role did the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA) play in democratizing black culture? How did religious culture change during this era? How did black artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers negotiate the dilemma of dual consciousness as articulated by W.E.B. Du Bois? Which parts of black art did white corporate executives find easiest to appropriate and shape for white consumption? How did swing-era big band music lead to bebop? What problems did the bebop musicians encounter? How did black music effect American culture? 2. Read Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi" and provide a written response to the following questions: What were Anne Moody's most important early childhood experiences? What was her family's life like? What hardships did she have to endure? Describe Anne's (Essie Mae's) early contacts with whites. How does she learn that whites and African Americans are different? How does Anne learn that "race" is a social construct – that society dictates who is "white" and who is "black?" How would you describe relations between blacks and whites in Mississippi when Anne was a young girl? How did whites in rural Mississippi exercise power over blacks? Who was Emmett Till and why was he murdered? What effect does his death have on Anne? How does she react to it? What are the differences between Anne and her mother? Why does one gravitate toward the Movement while the other fears it? Does Anne hate white people? Does she act differently toward whites than did most blacks in rural Mississippi? Does her attitude toward whites change throughout the book? Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Write a 7-10 page research paper covering a topic in African American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. The paper project will be comprised of four steps which are explained below: a. Write a prospectus where you explain your topic area of interest, the question you will address, and why you find it compelling. Your prospectus must be approved before you can move on to the research paper outline. b. Write a research paper outline where you structure the paper after completing a significant amount of your research. The outline will include an introductory paragraph with a clear thesis statement. c. Write the research paper, using Chicago Manual of Style guidelines, making sure you include footnotes, a title page and bibliography. 2. Write a critical review of one of the following monographs about the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Your review must include both a summary of the contents and a critical analysis of the text. The review must be double-spaced and at least 500 words in length. John Dittmer, "Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi" Doug McAdam, "Freedom Summer" Julian Bond, "The Civil Rights Movement: An Eyewitness History" David Garrow, "Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference" Taylor Branch, "Parting the Waters" Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.
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