ETHS 130 — C African-American History I 3 Units
Term hours: 54 lecture. This course is a survey of the African-American experience in the United States from its African roots through the American Civil War, emphasizing the roles of African Americans in the political, social, and economic development of American society. Utilizing theoretical frameworks and methodologies from Ethnic Studies and African-American Studies, historical themes and events will be analyzed through an intersectional lens that interrogates categories of identity and power, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Topics covered include: the trans-Atlantic slave trade; the racialization of Africans and the emergence of racial slavery in the Americas; the enslavement of Africans and their descendants in Colonial America; the impact of the American Revolution on African Americans; slave life and resistance; gender and racialized sexuality; the lives of free African Americans and the development of African-American political thought; the Abolitionist Movement and the politico-economic dispute regarding the continuation of slavery; the American Civil War, the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, and the struggles for liberation and self-determination following their emancipation. (UC/CSU, AA GE,CalGETC).