Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Race and Racism in America
HIST 2517 Race and Racism in America
Prerequisites:
Six credits of history at the 1000 level or 24 credits completed.Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
The American past has been shaped in part by the construction of racial categories. Whether to colonize, enslave, disenfranchise, or resist one another, the peoples of the Americas often used perceptions of racial difference to justify their actions. Students explore how these perceptions influenced American society, culture, and politics from pre-Columbian times to the election of Barack Obama.