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BLST 481: Topics in African American and Diaspora History

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Course Description

African American history and/or history of the diaspora for students with significant background in the field. Topics vary. Same as HIST 485.

This course also fulfills the Cultural Production and Analysis, Diasporic and Transnational Studies, & Race, Politics, and Institutions major/minor theme requirements.

3 or 4 credit hours.

Past Topics Include

20th century U.S. and African Diaspora Black Freedom Movements  

History of Jim Crow

African American Urban History

Women, Resistance, and Power in Africa and the African Diaspora

Courts, Color, and the Constitution