400

AFHS 424 Race and Racism in the United States

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and HIST 217 or HIST 218 or AFHS 257. This course explores the origins and development of racial attitudes, both scientific and popular, supporting mythologies, and contemporary institutional expressions. It will also discuss the African Americans’ attempts to resist white supremacy. Emphasis will be on African American history since Reconstruction.

Credits

3.0

Cross Listed Courses

Double-numbered course; offered with graduate-level AFHS 524

Offered

As Needed

AFAM 470 African American Feminist Thought

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and 3 hours in African-American history or African-American literature. An examination of African-American feminist scholarship in the 19th and 20th centuries, as African-American women grappled with the issues of gender, race and class. Focus on African-American women’s perspectives and diverse experiences within the context of changing political, economic and social structures.

Credits

3.0

Cross Listed Courses

Double-numbered course; offered with graduate-level AFAM 570

Offered

As Needed