HIST 358 African Americans and Sports

Prerequisites: Completion of the Historical Analysis or English Composition section of the Core, or permission of instructor. Focuses largely on the historic role of athletics in black communities; the interconnectedness of racial identity and athletic competition; racial exclusion and integration; and the formation and dismantling of black owned and operated teams, leagues, and complexes. We will also explore the intersection of sports, social paradigms, political transformations, and race in America during the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.