AFC 446 History of African American Women

African American Women’s History chronicles how black women served as agents of social change in their lives, throughout the communities, and across the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Students will examine black women’s experiences of slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, and freedom struggles.

Often cross-listed with HIST 446 and WGST 446

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class - Sophomore standing or above

Equivalent Course(s) - HIST 446, WGST 446
Course History -
New Course 2/2017, effective Fall 2017

history, gender, African American, Africology

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