Maricopa Community Colleges  AFR204   20046-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-27-2003

AFR204  2004 Fall - 9999

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

African-American History: Reconstruction to the Present

History and cultural heritage of African-Americans from the Reconstruction period to the present, including the Depression, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and affirmative action. Presented from an Afro-centric perspective.

Prerequisites: AFR203, or permission of Instructor.

 

Course Attribute(s):

General Education Designation: Cultural Diversity - [C]

General Education Designation: Historical Awareness - [H]

General Education Designation: Social and Behavioral Sciences - [SB]

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

AFR204  2004 Fall - 9999

African-American History: Reconstruction to the Present

 

1.

Summarize the promises of reconstruction, including the end of slavery, the Freedmen's Bureau, the impact of the Black church on the acquisition of political and civil rights, the Black codes, and the 14th Amendment. (I)

2.

Summarize the failures of reconstruction, including the Constitutional Conventions, the Ku Klux Klan, the 15th Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, and the Compromise of 1877. (II)

3.

Describe the rise of White supremacy in the late 19th Century in terms of politics, disenfranchisement, segregation, racial etiquette, racial violence, and the role of the Southern courts. (III)

4.

Examine the Black southerner's challenge to the rise of White supremacy, including the philosophy of social Darwinism and the development of Black social institutions such as education and religion. (III)

5.

Analyze the role of Blacks in the military and in the labor market. (IV)

6.

Explain the Progressive Movement, including the establishment of Tuskegee University, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Urban League, and the development of Black fraternities and sororities. (V)

7.

Describe the Great Migration and its impact on presidential politics, Black men in the military in World War I (WWI), and northern communities. (VI)

8.

Describe the era of the 1920s and its impact on African- Americans, including the Red Scare (Communism), Pan- Africanism, and the Harlem Renaissance. (VII)

9.

Analyze the impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on African-Americans, including the Stock Market Crash of 1929-33, the development of organized labor, the case of the Scottsboro Boys and the Communist Party, and the Tuskegee Experiment. (VIII)

10.

Describe the development of Black culture during the 1930s and 1940s in terms of Black literature, religion, sports, and the impact of the Black Chicago Renaissance. (IX)

11.

Describe the World War II (WWII) era and its impact on African-Americans in terms of the U.S. armed forces, the home front, the Cold War, and international politics. (X)

12.

Describe the Freedom Movement, including the lynching of Emmett Till, the Montgomery bus boycott, the involvement of Black youth, the role of the Kennedy Administration, the March to Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (XI)

13.

Describe the continuation of the freedom struggle from 1965- 1980, including the significance of the Black nationalism movement, the Black Panther Party, the Kerner Commission, the Great Society and the Vietnam War, the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Moynihan Report, and the presidencies of Nixon and Carter. (XII)

14.

Critique the experience of African-Americans from 1980 to the present in terms of the growth of the Black middle class, Black poverty, the Thomas/Hill controversy, the controversy over affirmative action, and the impact of the Reagan, Clinton, and Bush presidencies. (XIII)

15.

Evaluate the cultural and intellectual movements in the New Millennium and the challenges for the future. (XIV)

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AFR204  2004 Fall - 9999

African-American History: Reconstruction to the Present

 

I. Promises of Reconstruction

A. Slavery's end

B. Freedmen's Bureau

C. The Black church and the acquisition of political and civil rights

D. Black codes

E. 14th Amendment

II. Failures of Reconstruction

A. Constitutional conventions

B. Ku Klux Klan

C. 15th Amendment

D. Civil Rights Act of 1875

E. Compromise of 1877

III. White Supremacy: Late 19th Century

A. Politics

B. Disenfranchisement

C. Segregation

D. Racial etiquette

E. Racial violence

F. Southern courts

IV. Black Southerners Challenge to White Supremacy

A. Social Darwinism

B. Black social institutions

1. Education

2. Religion

C. Blacks in the military

D. Blacks and the labor market

V. Progressive Movement

A. Tuskegee University

B. NAACP

C. The Urban League

D. Black fraternities and sororities

VI. Great Migration

A. Presidential politics

B. Black men in WWI

C. Northern communities

VII. African-Americans: 1920s

A. Red Scare (Communism)

B. Pan-Africanism

C. Harlem Renaissance

VIII. Great Depression and the New Deal

A. Stock market crash of 1929-33

B. Organized labor and Blacks

C. Scottsboro Boys and the Communist Party

D. Tuskegee Experiment

IX. Black Culture: 1930s-1940s

A. Literature

B. Religion

C. Sports

D. Black Chicago Renaissance

X. WWII

A. U.S. armed forces

B. Home front

C. Cold War

D. International politics

XI. Freedom Movement: 1954-1965

A. Emmett Till lynching

B. Montgomery bus boycott

C. Black youth involvement

D. Kennedy Administration and civil rights

E. March to Washington

F. Civil Rights Act of 1964

G. Mississippi Freedom Summer

H. Voting Rights Act of 1965

XII. Freedom Struggle: 1965-1980

A. Black nationalism

B. Black Panther Party

C. Kerner Commission

D. Great Society and the Vietnam War

E. Martin Luther King, Jr. impact

F. Moynihan Report

G. Presidencies

1. Nixon

2. Carter

XIII. African-Americans: 1980-Present

A. Black middle class growth

B. Black poverty

C. Thomas/Hill controversy

D. Affirmative action controversy

E. Presidencies

1. Reagan

2. Clinton

3. Bush

XIV. African-Americans: Future

A. Cultural and intellectual movements

B. Challenges

 

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