Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: TERROR AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: From the Murder of James Byrd. From the early 1880's to 1978, lynch mobs murdered nearly 5,000 African-Americans Terror and black responses to it have shaped nearly every aspect of African American history. Seminar examines black society, politics, gender, and culture in the 20th century America against the backdrop of racial violence. Cross-list: HIST 176.