African American History (HIST 330)

Session: 2007-2008 Spring Semester

Faculty

	Dr. Donald R ShafferShow MyInfo popup for Dr. Donald R Shaffer
	shafferd@uiu.edu
	Office hours: Monday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Tuesday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Thursday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Schedule

Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri, 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM (1/14/2008 - 3/7/2008) Location: 05 ACBE 206

Description

This course examines the experiences of African Americans in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Topics to be covered include the Trans-Atlantic slave trade; the development of slavery; slave culture; black abolition and northern black life: the Civil War and the black war effort; emancipation and the freedmen’s community; Reconstruction; disfranchisement and segregation; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois; black institution building; the Second World War and the black war effort; black protest movements and the civil rights era; and an assessment of the current state of blacks in American life.