HIST-226 History of African American Experience

This course will examine the African American experience in the United States from slavery to the present era. The student will study the chronology of black history, the African heritage, the crucible of slavery, the struggle for equality, Pan Africanism, and the development and evolution of the African American community. Special attention will be given to African American personages and their contributions to American society. The evolution of contemporary race relationships will be evaluated.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL-121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Explain and evaluate the need for and the significance of African American History.
2. 2. Describe and evaluate the nature of the West African civilizations that existed prior to the arrival
   of Europeans.
3. 3. Identify and give the significance of the following terms: afrocentrism, eurocentrism,
   ethnocentrism, Hamitic Hypothesis, racism, pseudo-scientific racism, slavery, and stereotyping.
4. 4. Describe the exchanges that took place between Africa, North America, and Europe as a result of
   the European Age of Exploration.
5. 5. Analyze the economic, demographic and cultural consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade to
   Africa and North America.
6. 6. Examine and evaluate the evolution of indentured servitude to slavery for Africans in early
   colonial North America.
7. 7. Analyze the role that African Americans played in the American Revolution.
8. 8. Assess the place of African Americans, slave and free, in the new republic and explain the
   development of racial theories.
9. 9. Describe the conditions under which both slaves and free blacks lived in the United States.
10. 10. Explain the emergence of a distinctive African-American culture and the response of southern
    blacks to their social environment and describe how both slave and free blacks helped to shape
    southern values.
11. 11. Assess the institution of slavery as a sectional issue in the nineteenth century.
12. 12. Explain the role that the institution of slavery played in the coming of the Civil War.
13. 13. Assess the role that African Americans played in the Civil War.
14. 14. Describe the social and political experiences of African Americans in the South during
    Reconstruction.
15. 15. Analyze the impact of sharecropping, tenant farming and the crop lien system on black agricultural
    workers in the South.
16. 16. Compare and contrast the philosophies and ideas of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois and
    Marcus Garvey as early 20th century African American leaders.
17. 17. Evaluate the role of African Americans in World War I and World War II.
18. 18. Explain the development of the civil rights movement in post World War II America.
19. 19. Identify specific African American leaders and evaluate the role that they played in the civil rights
    movement..
20. 20. Demonstrate active listening skills by objectively restating, in his/her own words, material which
    has been verbally transmitted.
21. 21. Demonstrate the physical ability to speak effectively so that the receiver(s) can understand. This
    will include diction, pronunciation, enunciation, pace, pitch, and volume.
22. 22. Communicate an abstract or concrete idea so that the receiver(s) clearly perceives the intended
    message.
23. 23. Effectively deliver a formal oral presentation in front of a group.
24. 24. Demonstrate the ability to communicate using appropriate language.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Explain and evaluate the need for and the significance of African American History.
2. 2. Describe and evaluate the nature of the West African civilizations that existed prior to the arrival
   of Europeans.
3. 3. Identify and give the significance of the following terms: afrocentrism, eurocentrism,
   ethnocentrism, Hamitic Hypothesis, racism, pseudo-scientific racism, slavery, and stereotyping.
4. 4. Describe the exchanges that took place between Africa, North America, and Europe as a result of
   the European Age of Exploration.
5. 5. Analyze the economic, demographic and cultural consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade to
   Africa and North America.
6. 6. Examine and evaluate the evolution of indentured servitude to slavery for Africans in early
   colonial North America.
7. 7. Analyze the role that African Americans played in the American Revolution.
8. 8. Assess the place of African Americans, slave and free, in the new republic and explain the
   development of racial theories.
9. 9. Describe the conditions under which both slaves and free blacks lived in the United States.
10. 10. Explain the emergence of a distinctive African-American culture and the response of southern
    blacks to their social environment and describe how both slave and free blacks helped to shape
    southern values.
11. 11. Assess the institution of slavery as a sectional issue in the nineteenth century.
12. 12. Explain the role that the institution of slavery played in the coming of the Civil War.
13. 13. Assess the role that African Americans played in the Civil War.
14. 14. Describe the social and political experiences of African Americans in the South during
    Reconstruction.
15. 15. Analyze the impact of sharecropping, tenant farming and the crop lien system on black agricultural
    workers in the South.
16. 16. Compare and contrast the philosophies and ideas of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois and
    Marcus Garvey as early 20th century African American leaders.
17. 17. Evaluate the role of African Americans in World War I and World War II.
18. 18. Explain the development of the civil rights movement in post World War II America.
19. 19. Identify specific African American leaders and evaluate the role that they played in the civil rights
    movement..
20. 20. Demonstrate active listening skills by objectively restating, in his/her own words, material which
    has been verbally transmitted.
21. 21. Demonstrate the physical ability to speak effectively so that the receiver(s) can understand. This
    will include diction, pronunciation, enunciation, pace, pitch, and volume.
22. 22. Communicate an abstract or concrete idea so that the receiver(s) clearly perceives the intended
    message.
23. 23. Effectively deliver a formal oral presentation in front of a group.
24. 24. Demonstrate the ability to communicate using appropriate language.