# African American History: From Emancipation to the Present

- Institution: Yale University
- Department: African American Studies
- Teacher: Jonathan Holloway
- Term: Spring 2010
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [Open Yale Courses](https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162#syllabus)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/a1cb12fc5aea) (Audio)
2. [Dawn of Freedom (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/503e5267efd5) (Audio)
3. [Reconstruction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/2e00c1fa7598) (Audio)
4. [Reconstruction (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/3160809281a8) (Audio)
5. [Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/f0efaba4c612) (Audio)
6. [Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/95958e1f893c) (Audio)
7. [Migration and Urbanization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/6f096fe23fb6) (Audio)
8. [Migration and Urbanization (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/966cb798f574) (Audio)
9. [The New Negroes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/87548fc8fafc) (Audio)
10. [The New Negroes (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/de29a9875cc0) (Audio)
11. [Depression and Double V](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/60bc4a193845) (Audio)
12. [Depression and Double V (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/668dec448bdf) (Audio)
13. [The Road to Brown and Little Rock](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/a640a6b113d5) (Audio)
14. [From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/c5178b9ae938) (Audio)
15. [From Sit-Ins to Civil Rights (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/2a1d7ce8ca37) (Audio)
16. [From Voting Rights to Watts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/aafcd7c2ff64) (Audio)
17. [From Voting Rights to Watts (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/48c96aa41b22) (Audio)
18. [Black Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/ebec437b8ada) (Audio)
19. [Black Power (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/6a9385ff5b7d) (Audio)
20. [The Politics of Gender and Culture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/19d3c33bd906) (Audio)
21. [The Politics of Gender and Culture (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/524ecdecaafa) (Audio)
22. [Public Policy and Presidential Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/78337aaf8d57) (Audio)
23. [Public Policy and Presidential Politics (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/838e562f8532) (Audio)
24. [Who Speaks for the Race?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/e2c13d680dde) (Audio)
25. [Who Speaks for the Race? (continued)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/afam-162/471f069af231) (Audio)