ILRLR 3860 - [African American Social History, from 1910 to the Present: Race, Work, and the City]

(crosslisted)
(also HIST 3760, LAW 7060)

Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2013-2014.

N. Salvatore.

Examines the experience of black Americans from the start of the Great Migration just before World War I. Topics include the effects of migration on work experiences and unionization patterns, the impact of depression and two world wars on black social structure and economic status, the growth of the Civil Rights movement, and the impact of migration and urbanization on a variety of social and cultural institutions.