HIST 59000: African American History, 1877 to the Present

We will take a look at what activist strategies have worked for Black Americans, which have failed, and consider how different times have elicited different tactics and degrees of success.

Participants will choose topics (from those listed in the syllabus) that are most pertinent to the classes they teach or their personal interests. If these include a topic that is not listed, please bring it to the professor’s attention so that additional modules can be added.

Please review the syllabus for full course information.

This is a Full Semester course. Participants may register for one Full Semester course OR one course each in Winter/Spring I and Winter/Spring II.

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Purdue University Northwest

Instructor: Dr. Wendy St. Jean

Graduate Credits: 3

Dates: 1/10/22 – 5/10/22

Location: Online

Format: Asynchronous

Prerequisite: Qualified to teach content area