| Explore the intellectual, cultural, and political history of African America during the Jim Crow Era. Topics include the Atlanta Compromise, the Niagara Movement, the rise of civil rights organizations (e.g., the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Urban League), the Great Migration, the Black Left, Marcus Garvey and Black nationalism, spirituals, the blues, ragtime, jazz, the Harlem Renaissance, and African America during the Great Depression. Our focus is on resistance and resilience, both as shaped by 'race leaders' such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, and A. Philip Randolph, and as experienced by ordinary African Americans. |
