HIST 153 - African American History

    Recent Professors
    Sanejo I. Leonard, Jonathan Saxon, HASS 1. Staff, Daniel Stahl-Kovell, Wesley G. Willison, Tracy L. Davis, David Wilkerson, Lauren J. Golder
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Spring 2024
    Class Size
    32–60 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US1
    Description
    This course surveys African American history from its beginnings in Africa through slavery, abolition, the Civil Rights Movement, and into the present. The course will pay particular attention to the development of internal and external definitions of freedom and equality and to the influences of African Americans on the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the United States.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 2:20pm–3:45pm, Tue Thu 2:20pm–3:40pm, Tue Thu 9:35am–11:00am