BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: A SOCIOCULTURAL EXPLORATION (Grades 10-12)

BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: A SOCIOCULTURAL EXPLORATION (Grades 10-12)

This course seeks to provide an understanding of not only the struggle of African Americans for freedom but also their fight to be acknowledged as full citizens of the United States introducing students to major themes and issues that have occurred in African American history from the origins of Africa to present day; with an emphasis on current issues. African American Studies focuses on the historical, cultural, legal, economic and societal barriers that have promoted the inequities of African Americans within the United States of America. Students will be investigate and discuss significant contributions that African Americans, and other historically marginalized groups, have made to American society.