AAAS 106: The Black Experience Americas

AAAS 106: The Black Experience Americas

An interdisciplinary study of the history of the African peoples of the New World, relating their cultures and institutions to the African background and to their peculiar New World experiences up to and including the nineteenth century. While the main emphasis is on the U.S.A., attention is also paid to the Caribbean and Latin America. Approaches include demography, economics, social and political developments, literature, and music. (Same as HIST 109.)

Satisfies: Goal 4 Outcome 1 (AE41) , US Culture (USC)