<p>Reveal the historical realities of African American life in the United States after the end of slavery and before the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, and explore how African Americans from all backgrounds fought back to secure key freedoms across public and private life.</p>
African American History: From Emancipation through Jim Crow
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: Emancipation: The Fight for Rights Begins
- 02: The Promise and Betrayal of Reconstruction
- 03: Separate and Unequal: The Rise of Jim Crow
- 04: Lift Every Voice and Sing
- 05: The Terror of White Supremacy
- 06: World War I: Hell in Our Own Land
- 07: Marcus Garvey Builds a Black Nation
- 08: The “New Negro” Fights Back
- 09: The Scottsboro Boys and the Great Depression
- 10: A New Deal for African Americans
- 11: World War II: Fighting at Home and Abroad
- 12: Black Athletes Break Barriers
Taught by
Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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The American Civil Rights Movement
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Depression and the New Deal: African American Experiences in the 1930s - Lecture 11
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American History: From Emancipation to the Present - Reconstruction and the Rise of Redemption - Lecture 4
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