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African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

Jonathan Holloway · Yale University

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About

The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present (2010). Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.

Warning: Some of the lectures in this course contain graphic content and/or adult language that some users may find disturbing.

Please note: This course was captured in 2010.

Lectures

  1. Dawn of Freedom Lecture 1 · Audio
  2. Dawn of Freedom (continued) Lecture 2 · Audio
  3. Reconstruction Lecture 3 · Audio
  4. Reconstruction (continued) Lecture 4 · Audio
  5. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation Lecture 5 · Audio
  6. Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued) Lecture 6 · Audio
  7. Migration and Urbanization Lecture 7 · Audio
  8. Migration and Urbanization (continued) Lecture 8 · Audio
  9. The New Negroes Lecture 9 · Audio
  10. The New Negroes (continued) Lecture 10 · Audio
  11. Depression and Double V Lecture 11 · Audio
  12. Depression and Double V (continued) Lecture 12 · Audio
  13. The Road to Brown and Little Rock Lecture 13 · Audio
  14. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights Lecture 14 · Audio
  15. From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued) Lecture 15 · Audio
  16. From Voting Rights to Watts Lecture 16 · Audio
  17. From Voting Rights to Watts (continued) Lecture 17 · Audio
  18. Black Power Lecture 18 · Audio
  19. Black Power (continued) Lecture 19 · Audio
  20. The Politics of Gender and Culture Lecture 20 · Audio
  21. The Politics of Gender and Culture (continued) Lecture 21 · Audio
  22. Public Policy and Presidential Politics Lecture 22 · Audio
  23. Public Policy and Presidential Politics (continued) Lecture 23 · Audio
  24. Who Speaks for the Race? Lecture 24 · Audio
  25. Who Speaks for the Race? (continued) Lecture 25 · Audio

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Credits and licence

Institution
Yale University
Department
African American Studies
Teacher
Jonathan Holloway
Term
Spring 2010
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
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Licence
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