HISTORY 395: African American History Since 1877

Course Description

This course examines the broad range of experiences of people of the African Diaspora in the United States from the end of Reconstruction (roughly 1877) to the present. We will explore major events, leaders, themes, and the experience of members of Black communities throughout the United States, with a special emphasis on Kansas City and our region. We will devote particular attention to Black migration from the South following the Civil War, the emergence of Jim Crow, strategies of protest and accommodation prior to, during, and after the Modern Civil Rights Movement, and the importance of gender and social class as it relates to discrimination and the struggle for equality in America.