Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4C · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US1DescriptionA survey of United States history from Reconstruction to the present seen from the perspective and experience of African-Americans. The course begins with the emancipation of slaves and Reconstruction and then traces the African-American experience through modern American history. Topics include developments in California, Reconstruction, Jim Crow South, late 19th century, pre-WWI and the Progressive Era, WWI and the Roaring 20s, Depression Era, WWII and the home front, post-WWII era and segregation, Civil Rights Era, struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, late 20th century and 21st -century issues. Course also explores the contradictions, paradoxes and constitutional challenges, both federal and in California, of the American experiment of equality alongside racial segregation and injustices. The course also explores the political, social, economic, legalistic, cultural, spiritual, literary and artistic life of African-Americans during modern American history. (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-4, CSU-D, IGETC-4, Cal-GETC-4)Usually HeldMon Wed 8:30am–10:00am, Tue Thu 8:30am–10:00am 