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HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 1
Discussion

Racism and Slavery- The History of African American History

This week we are going to study racism and slavery and some
of the history of African American history.
As you may realize, slavery has existed since the beginning of
humankind. In the case of the United States, both came here with the earliest
settlers and took a firm foothold.

1. Discuss how slavery came from Europe and became firmly
embedded in the United States with the first colonists and how this led to its
general acceptance.

2. How is Vincent
Harding’s perspective on African-American history different from the
perspective of Carter Woodson and Mary McLeod Bethune.

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 2
Discussion

Emancipation and Reconstruction

At the end of the Civil War, the issues that most white
Americans had with slaves and slavery in general did not just fade away because
the North had won the War. There were those who thought that the former slaves
deserved the same rights as other Americans, while others thought that just
because slavery had ended that did not make the former slaves equal to whites.

While Reconstruction made it possible for some black people
to partake in the political system and establish schools and churches, many
lacked land on which to subsist and the Freedman’s Bureau was of little
assistance. Despite the passage of the 15th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act
of 1875, the Black Codes, Klu Klux Klan and the general attitude of many whites
made life very difficult for the former slaves.

1. Discuss the successes and failures of reconstruction and
whether you believe that overall it assisted Blacks in their search for real
freedom.

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 4
Discussion

From Plantation to Ghetto

The period from the 1890s until the mid 1920s was marked by
very significant events in the African American community. From the
disagreement between Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Dubois concerning
education, to the founding of the NAACP and the Urban League, World War I, race
riots the Great Migration, the growth of the KKK and the Pan Africanism of
Marcus Garvey and others, black lives changed little although there were some
very positive developments. Perhaps the most interesting and significant event
was the Harlem Renaissance which brought great black talents to the fore.

1. Choose two of these developments and discuss its
importance to the black community and their struggle for equal rights. Each of
the events must be a minimum of 200 words.

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 5
Discussion

The Great Depression and World War II

Surely two of the most significant events in American
history took place between 1932 and 1945; the Great Depression and World War
II. While almost all Americans suffered terribly, black Americans suffered more
due to their circumstances. Despite the fact that the New Deal brought some
relief, blacks were discriminated against as they had always been.

Black participation in World War II was unparalleled. Once
they became part of the military, which took some time, they fought
aggressively and courageously in most of the military encounters in the both
the European and Pacific theaters of the War. This and other actions would
eventually lead to the desegregation of the Armed Forces.

Answer both questions below. Each response must be a minimum
of 200 words.

1. Discuss how the New Deal both assisted and discriminated
against blacks and the effects that this had on them.

2. Discuss black participation in World War II and the
challenges blacks faced home and abroad.

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 6
Discussion

The Civil Rights Cycle

Once World War II was over, the nation had to face both
international and national issues of pressing importance. The beginnings of the
Cold War created a climate that was both hostile and hospitable to what would
become the continuing civil rights movement. The movement would continue along
the path it had started, yet at the same time pave the way for a “more varied,
vibrant, and successful challenge to racism.”* (Hine, Hine, and Harrold, The
African American Odyssey, Vol. II, Page 560).

Answer both questions below. Each response must be a minimum
of 200 words.

1. Discuss in depth some of the more important aspects of
the Civil Rights movement, including their ideologies, objectives and tactics
during this time and the importance of some of the major players in it.

2. How did the assassination of President Kennedy and the
ascension of President Johnson to the presidency play an important role in the
civil rights movement?

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 7
Discussion

Black Power, Cultural Nationalism and White Backlash

The intervention of the federal government effectively ended
the “legal underpinnings of segregation and discrimination and set in motion
events that would irrevocably transform the political and social status of
African Americans”*(Hine, Hine, and Harrold, The African American Odyssey, Vol.
II, Page 598). Despite massive resistance by many of the Southern states,
including the use of state sponsored violence, the federal government
intervened at crucial moments provoked in part by non-violent confrontational
strategies pursued by civil rights leaders and covered widely by the national
media. At the same time, new leaders were arising in the movement with much
less patience and different strategies than the traditional movement. They were
in fact much more confrontational.

1. Discuss the “black power” movement including its
ideologies, objectives and tactics as well as its leaders. How did they differ
from the previous leadership of the civil rights movement?

Here are several well done videos on the Black Panthers

HIST 461
6380 African American History 1865 to the Present

Week 8
Discussion

Dawn of the New Millennium and the Election of Barack Obama

3. The final Research
paper is due by the end of the day on March 10, 2019! NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

The period from the 1980s on saw great gains in black
political power, but inequality, particularly income inequality, remains great
as does the overall sub-standard situation of many African Americans. Racism is
frowned upon, but unfortunately is still a part of American life. There is a
rising black middle class (many of whom were financially devastated by the
Great Recession), while at the same time an increasing number of young black
children have no fathers or are being raised by grandparents. Almost one third
of young black men are incarcerated. Something is radically wrong with this
picture.

Many Americans had hoped that the election of our nations’
first black President, and with him the appointment of high federal officials,
would help the situation, but that does not seem to have been the case.

This question is to be answered with no fewer than three (3)
outside resources.

1. Discuss your thoughts on the issues mentioned above as
well as any others that you believe to be important. What steps do you think
need to be taken to solve the racial problems, including those that are
financial in nature, that appear to be imbedded in our society?