AFRAM 241 A: The United States During the Era of Civil War and Reconstruction

Views American Civil War and Reconstruction through lens of African-American social history. From U.S. government's abolition of Atlantic slave trade in 1808 to expanding Jim Crow laws in 1890s, reports how changes in the era were racialized and gendered. Considers how ideas of race, gender, class, and freedom in the U.S. were challenged and reshaped. Explores historical legacies of Civil War and Reconstruction from the nineteenth-century to now. Offered: jointly with HSTAA 241.