African and African American Studies (AAA S) 100:
List of Lessons

Lesson 1: Race and Ethnicity

Lesson 2: Jim Crow in Early 20th Century America

Lesson 3: African Americans During World War 1: 1914-1918

Lesson 4: African Americans During the Interwar Years: 1918-1941

Lesson 5: From "Double V" to the Eve of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955

Lesson 6: From Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 to the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968

Lesson 7: Black Power, Black Nationalism, 1969 TO 1980

Lesson 8: Evolving Status of African Americans from 1980 to 2000

 

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Marcus Garvey

"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness "

-Marcus Garvey (founder Universal Negro Improvement Association , a twentieth century Black Separatist organization.)


Race: a group of persons connected by common descent or origin.

Oxford English Dictionary


Racist terrorism

Lynching Announcement
The Crisis, August 1919
Violence - Jim Crowism


Olympics Black Power Salute

Black Power, Black Nationalosm
1969 to 1980


Astronaut Ronald McNair

Astronaut Ronald McNair (MIT physicist, flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, 1984)