Resources Yale Open University: ‘African American History: From Emancipation to the Present’

Yale Open University: ‘African American History: From Emancipation to the Present’

30th July 2021|Learning Tool

“The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present (2010). Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.”

We have chosen this free learning resource to support education, understanding and allyship with the African American community.

https://oyc.yale.edu/african-american-studies/afam-162
Warning: Some of the lectures in this course contain graphic content and/or adult language that some users may find disturbing.

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