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Department of History •SOPHI •The University of Sydney HSTY 2609
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Course Co-ordinator:Clare Corbould Tutors:Ivan Coates Daniel Fleming
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Course outline (pdf document) (word document)
Course Description
This course aims to develop in students a deeper knowledge of American society in general and of the historical experiences of African Americans in particular; an ability to conduct independent research and to use primary materials critically and creatively; and an interest in and understanding of cultures other than their own.
Topics include African cultures and their adaptations in the New World settings; slave trade; emergence of plantation systems and slavery; varieties of slave culture; slave violence and forms of resistance; race relations in post slave societies; emergence of northern ghettos; black nationalism and mass movements of the 1920s; black music, literature and film; Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement; Malcolm X, the black Muslims and black power; the role race plays in contemporary America.
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