ES 223 - African American Experience:A Luta Continua:The Struggle Continues 1945 to Present

Institution:

Lane Community College

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Description:

4 credits Contemporary African, Afro-European, Afro-Native American, Caribbean, and Africans in South and North America are examined in this course. The chronology of this course encompasses World War II to the present and confronts issues such as prison incarceration rates, the 'War on Drugs', Affirmative Action backlash, and Multiculturalism, as well as the cultural influences of gospel, jazz, rock and roll, and liberation movements. ES 221, 222, and 223 examine culture, identity, gender and women's roles, economics, and African and Native American responses to systematic oppression towards goals of individual and group liberation. May be offered through Distance Learning. First and Second Generations .................................................. 4 credits This course will focus primarily on the experiences of first-and second-generation Asian Pacific Americans through personal narratives, historical texts, documentaries, essays, and creative works. Material will cover a wide historical period, from the mid- 1800s through the present, and will include the experiences of individuals from a number of different groups, comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of their experiences.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Lanecc.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 463-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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