Ethnic Studies

The course will serve to teach students about contributions made by individual African-Americans in government, the arts, humanities, and science.  The students will examine African-American participation in the development of the United States and Africa, African-American pursuit of equal treatment under the laws.  Major topics of this course are slavery and Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, African-American Literature, Education and African-Americans, social issues and African-Americans in the 21^st Century.