SOC 366 - Race in America

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Bryant University

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Session Cycle: Fall Yearly Cycle: Annual This course examines major issues in race relations from the perspective of both black and white Americans from the onset of slavery to the present. The course examines the origins and functioning of American slavery, with consideration to the Atlantic slave trade and the role of U.S. slavery within the context of New World slavery; the relationship between European immigrants and African-Americans in terms of the formation of whiteness and the historical meaning of white skin privilege; abolitionism and antislavery; the development and functioning of Jim Crow segragation; 2nd Reconstruction; the civil rights movement; and the significance of race during the post civil rights era. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Division History and Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Africana/Black Studies, Cultural Mode of Thought, Historical Mode of Thought, History Concentration, History Minor, Liberal Arts Elective, Sociology Minor, Social Science Mode of Thought

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bryant.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 232-6000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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