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Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
AFAMD012B
Course Title (CB02)
African American History Since 1865
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2023
Course Description
This course examines the history of the Black/African American in the United States since the ending of the American Civil War. The major events, policies, themes, experiences, and Black/African American people that shaped the history of the United States will be analyzed. This course will help students understand the role of Black/African Americans in the political, social and economic life of the United States from Reconstruction to the Jim Crow era, to the modern Civil Rights Movement to the Black Power Movement to the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and the prison industrial complex impacting Black/African Americans today. How institutions, policies, social norms, and laws have historically, and currently oppressed/oppress Black/African Americans will also be examined.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This course meets the general education requirements of °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE, CSU GE, and IGETC. This course meets the requirement of the AA Degree/Certificate in Intercultural Studies and is UC and CSU transferable. The course examines the history of African ancestry individuals living within the United States since 1865. It is cross-listed.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Course Philosophy
It continues the Division's desire to develop socially just curriculum as part of the on-going effort to provide an academically rich, multicultural learning environment that challenges students of every background to develop their intellect, character and abilities.

Formerly Statement

Formerly Statement
(AFAM D012B was formerly ICS D018B.)

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to both UC and CSU
°®¶¹´«Ã½ GEArea(s)StatusDetails
2GDX°®¶¹´«Ã½ GE Area D - Social and Behavioral SciencesApproved
CSU GEArea(s)StatusDetails
CGDYCSU GE Area D - Social SciencesApproved
IGETCArea(s)StatusDetails
IG4XIGETC Area 4 - Social and Behavioral SciencesApproved
CSUArea(s)StatusDetails
CUS1CSU US1 US Hist/American IdealApproved

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
4.0
Maximum Credit Units
4.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours4.08.0
Laboratory Hours0.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
48.0
Laboratory
0.0
Total
48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
96.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
96.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

(Not open to students with credit in the cross-listed course(s).)

(Also listed as HIST D018B.)

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Discussion of assigned reading

Discussion and problem solving performed in class

In-class essays

Quiz and examination review performed in class

Homework and extended projects

Field observation and field trips

Guest speakers

Collaborative learning and small group exercises

Collaborative projects

Assignments

  1. Required reading assignments from provided materials and/or required text.
  2. Research paper, which will critically assess the role and contribution of significant personalities or critically analyze various events or developments.
  3. Book review which will examine and synthesize various periods of American history such as the Reconstruction, post-Reconstruction period, the early twentieth (20th) century or the post World War II period.
  4. Film reviews, which will allow the student to critically analyze the way media and popular culture impact the expectations placed on Black/African Americans.

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Film reviews will evaluate the student's ability to critically analyze the way media and popular culture impact the expectations placed on African Americans.
  2. A midterm and a final examination with an objective and reflective essay section. The essay questions will test the student's ability to assess, interpret, and synthesize important events, issues, and personalities for Black/African Americans.
  3. Research papers will be evaluated on the basis of how well the student can interpret cause and effect, compare and contrast, can synthesize material and support his/her conclusions.
  4. The book review and reading check-ins will be evaluated on the basis of how well the student interprets cause and effect, compare and contrast, synthesizes material and assembles material to support their conclusions.
  5. Collaborative group discussions will be evaluated on how well students can connect what they are learning with topics relating to the course content.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
*Hine, Darlene, Hine, William & Harrold, Stanley, "African-American Odyssey," (Seventh Edition) Volume II, Pearson-Prentice, 2018.
Litwack, Leon. "Trouble in Mind: Black Southerns in the Age of Jim Crow," First Vintage Books, 1998.
Hine, Darlene Clark. "African Americans, A Concise History Volume 2 (Fifth Edition)," Pearson, 2014

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
Chafe, William. "Civilities and Civil Rights; Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom", 1981.
Carson, Clayborne, Lapsansky-Werner and Nash, Gary B. "African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom", (Volume II Since 1865), Pearson/Longman, 2004.
Carson, Clayborne, "Civil Rights Chronicle: The African-American Struggle for Freedom". Legacy, 2004.
Davis, Francis, "The History of the Blues", Da Capo Press, 2003.
Fishel, Leslie H., Jr., and Benjamin Quarles. "The Black American Documentary History", 1976.
Freidel, Frank. "Harvard Guide to American History", 1974.
Gurallnick, Peter, Santelli, Robert, George-Warren, Holly and Farley, Christopher John, "The Blues: A Musical Journey, Harper/Collins Publishers", 2003.
Harley, Sharon, Stephen Middleton, and Charlotte Stokes. "The African American Experience", 1992.
Huggins, Nathan, Martin Kilson, and Daniel M. Fox. "Key Issues in the Afro-American Experience". Vol II. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
Obama, Barack, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanc, Three Rivers Press, 2004.
Katz, William L. "Teachers' Guide to American Negro History", 1971.
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Burns, Ken, "Jazz: A History of America's Music", Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Wright, Donald, "Roads to Freedom", 1985.
Wright, Kai, "Soldiers of Freedom: An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces", Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2002.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Examine and explore the discipline of history with an analysis and appraisal of the role of specific events and individuals in affecting the development of the United States.
  • Analyze and examine how knowledge of the past contributes to understanding and addressing present-day issues and challenges which affected people of African descent in the history of the United States from the Civil War to the present.
  • Examine the impact of post-Civil War legislation on Black/African Americans.
  • Analyze and appraise the impact of prominent Black/African Americans on the development of United States.
  • Examine the impact of important Black/African American organizations and movements for social justice.
  • Examine some of the major problems Black/African Americans face compared and contrasted with other racial groups in the struggle for social and economic equity in the United States.
  • Analyze the emergence of the United States as a world power and its relationships with Africa, the Caribbean Islands and Central and South America.
  • Analyze and review the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Review, assess and analyze the major questions, problems, and issues in the social and behavior sciences in their historical and geographic settings with particular attention to the social dynamics of race, gender, age, and class as they relate to Black/African Americans.

CSLOs

  • Evaluate how systematic segregation and institutional racism shaped, and continues to shape, the lives of Black/African Americans in the United States.

  • Investigate the contributions of Black/African Americans in shaping the historical, political, social, and economic conditions of the United States.

  • Analyze the significance of the modern day Civil Rights Movement and its impact on creating a more socially just society.

Outline

  1. Examine and explore the discipline of history with an analysis and appraisal of the role of specific events and individuals in affecting the development of the United States.
    1. Demonstrate how this period has been documented in history.
      1. Express how this period is used as a vehicle to interpret current experiences of Black/African Americans.
      2. Illustrate how the experiences and actions of individuals during this time have impacted race relations in the United States.
    2. Examine the important events that have impacted Black /African Americans since the end of the institution of slavery.
      1. Emancipation Proclamation
      2. Constitutional amendments
      3. Black Codes
      4. Southern Sharecropping
      5. Reconstruction
    3. Analyze the effects of the Civil War and the efforts to resolve racial conflicts in the United States.
      1. Urban migration and the impact of moving out of the South
      2. The Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
    4. Survey the impact of colonization on an oppressed group.
      1. The political, social, and economic impact of white supremacy on Black/African Americans.
      2. Political enfranchisement and disfranchisement
    5. Appraise the impact of Civil Rights laws.
      1. The effects of neo-colonial activities in the United States
      2. The effects of political assassinations
  2. Analyze and examine how knowledge of the past contributes to understanding and addressing present-day issues and challenges which affected people of African descent in the history of the United States from the Civil War to the present.
    1. Reconstruction
    2. Jane & Jim Crow
    3. The New Deal
    4. The World War II era
    5. The Civil Rights Movement
    6. The Rise of Conservatism
    7. The Movement for Black Lives (#BlackLivesMatter)
  3. Examine the impact of post-Civil War legislation on Black/African Americans.
    1. 14th Amendment
    2. 15th Amendment
    3. Voting Rights
    4. Antimiscegenation Laws
  4. Analyze and appraise the impact of prominent Black/African Americans on the development of United States.
    1. Frederick Douglass
    2. Sojourner Truth
    3. Booker T. Washington
    4. Ida Wells-Barnett
    5. W.E.B. DuBois
    6. Josephine Baker
    7. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    8. Rosa Parks
    9. Malcolm X
    10. Shirley Chisholm
  5. Examine the impact of important Black/African American organizations and movements for social justice.
    1. NAACP
    2. National Urban League
    3. Women's Club Movement
    4. Civil Rights Movement
    5. SNCC
    6. The Black Panther Party
    7. Movement for Black Lives (#BlackLivesMatter)
    8. Local organizations that support the African American community
  6. Examine some of the major problems Black/African Americans face compared and contrasted with other racial groups in the struggle for social and economic equity in the United States.
    1. Native Americans
    2. Asian Americans
    3. Latinx Americans
  7. Analyze the emergence of the United States as a world power and its relationships with Africa, the Caribbean Islands and Central and South America.
    1. The Scramble for Africa
    2. Late 19th century American expansionism in:
    3. U. S. involvement in foreign political affairs.
    4. Vietnam War
  8. Analyze and review the Civil Rights Movement.
    1. The passage of an anti-segregation legislation.
    2. The impact of the Brown vs. Board of Education case
    3. Different approaches to gaining Civil Rights
    4. Mass demonstration and protests
  9. Review, assess and analyze the major questions, problems, and issues in the social and behavior sciences in their historical and geographic settings with particular attention to the social dynamics of race, gender, age, and class as they relate to Black/African Americans.
    1. Assimilation vs. cultural pluralism
    2. Black nationalism vs. black capitalism
    3. Eurocentrism vs. Afrocentrism
    4. Black middle class vs. black underclass
    5. Black men vs. black women
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