SYLLABUS: Sweet Georgia Black: A history of African Americans in Georgia
Description
This course is an upper-level survey that focuses on the history, politics and culture of African Americans in the State of Georgia. It seeks to provide students with an opportunity to actively and collaboratively engage significant topics, themes and issues in African American History from the beginning of African arrival in the Georgia to the present. Through class discussions, assigned readings, critically engaging film and media, and short writing exercises, students hone their written and verbal communication skills and learn how to identify, analyze, and interpret primary and secondary historical sources. Overall, this course is intended to help students become better historical thinkers and writers.
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Instructor
Maurice Hobson – African American Studies, Georgia State University