Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D4 · CSU GE Area D8 · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US3 · CSU American Institutions Area US1DescriptionThis course is an examination of African American history from Reconstruction to the present. Some topics of key interest include the following: the "Jim Crow" period; the careers of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois; the post-World War II Civil Rights Movement; the Black Power Era and the African American experience in contemporary America. This course fulfills the Delta College American Institutions (Area 4) requirement for the associate degree general education pattern. It can be applied toward the Social, Political, and Economic Institutions requirement (Area D) in the CSU general education pattern as well as the American Institutions graduation requirement. This course also fulfills the California State requirements in U.S. History and Institutions and California State and Local Government for the UC and CSU institutions (Title 5, Section 40404). (HBCU, UC, CSU) Back to Top | Print-Friendly Page (opens a new window) Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window) Add to Favorites (opens a new window) All catalogs © 2026 San Joaquin Delta College. Powered by Modern Campus Catalog™ . 