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HIST 126: African American History II

The transition from slavery to freedom; the post-Reconstruction erosion of civil rights and the ascendancy of Booker T. Washington; protest organizations and mass migration before and during World War I; the postwar resurgence of black nationalism; African Americans in the Great Depression and World War II; roots of the modern Civil Rights movement, and black female activism.
6 credits; HI, WR2, IDS; Offered Winter 2017, Spring 2017; H. Williams