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African American History: From Emancipation to the Present (AFAM 162) Yale

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The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans' urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.

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Language: English

Professors: Michael Williams

Units: 26

Lesson content
  • Syllabus  
  • Lec 1. Dawn of Freedom  
  • Lec 2. Dawn of Freedom (continued)  
  • Lec 3. Reconstruction  
  • Lec 4. Reconstruction (continued)  
  • Lec 5. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation  
  • Lec 6. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued)  
  • Lec 7. Migration and Urbanization  
  • Lec 8. Migration and Urbanization (continued)  
  • Lec 9. The New Negroes  
  • Lec 10. The New Negroes (continued)  
  • Lec 11. Depression and Double V  
  • Lec 12. Depression and Double V (continued)  
  • Lec 13. The Road to Brown and Little Rock  
  • Lec 14. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights  
  • Lec 15. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued)  
  • Lec 16. From Voting Rights to Watts  
  • Lec 17. From Voting Rights to Watts (continued)  
  • Lec 18. Black Power  
  • Lec 19. Black Power (continued)  
  • Lec 20. The Politics of Gender and Culture  
  • Lec 21. The Politics of Gender and Culture (continued)  
  • Lec 22 - Public Policy and Presidential Politics  
  • Lec 23. Public Policy and Presidential Politics (continued)  
  • Lec 24. Who Speaks for the Race?  
  • Lec 25. Who Speaks for the Race? (continued)
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