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City University of New York - African History Until the Dispersion, Seventeenth Century

A course comprising the history of the African tribal groups and culture in ancient Africa and surveying the various African kingdoms, tribal interaction, and contact with the peoples north of the Sahara. The course will also survey the exploration and penetration of Africa by the European powers, including the commencement of the dispersion of the Black people to the New World.
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City University of New York - Geography and Cultures of Africa

A survey course of the geography and cultures of Africa with particular emphasis on topography, climate, natural resources, and culture of the various African tribal groups south of the Sahara.
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City University of New York - Black American History, Seventeenth Century Until the Present Time

This course surveys and analyzes the social history of the Black people in the United States from the time of their initial contact with the European colonialists on the American continent. It will also comprise the study of the institution of slavery and the abolition movement within the framework of the social and political history of the United States. Personalities and policies of various Black Americans will be discussed within the social context of their days as well as current events and issues.
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City University of New York - The Evolution and Expressions of Racism

A multidimensional course approaching racism from a historical, political, economic, and sociological point of view. The nature of prejudice will be discussed with regard to prejudice against Southern European, Mexican-American, Jewish, and Puerto Rican groups. Emphasis will be placed upon the effects of racism on Black people in the United States. The course will discuss the effects of racism on the perpetrators and their victims.
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City University of New York - Black Revolution and Political Thinking in the U.S.

The contradictory Assimilationist and Separatist movements that swept Black America during the fifties and sixties are analyzed from the historical, sociological, political, economic, and psychological points of view. Leaders, objectives, accomplishments, and landmark events in the opposing movements are contrasted throughout. Precisely how, and to what extent, the Black activism of that era has reverberated throughout the entire American society is also studied.
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City University of New York - Black Economic Development: 1860 to the Present

This course examines African-American economic development in a historical context from the period of the Civil War to the present. It examines Black businesses and businesspersons to see what businesses have evolved and how they have evolved. Successful Black businesses and businesspersons are examined as case studies to assist students before business plans are developed to contribute to the revitalization of business life.
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City University of New York - Black American Literature Until 1940

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City University of New York - Sociology of the Black Community

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City University of New York - The African Independence Movement

This course is designed to broaden students' understanding of the systematic forces and catalysts of the independence movements in twentieth-century Africa. It employs the case study approach to examine the reaction of the Europeans. Each student selects a country or region of major interest as a continuing vantage point of cultural perspective for a case analysis. Finally, this course examines the post-colonial- and post-independence-era relations of economic structures, political institutions, and class formation to neocolonialism.
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City University of New York - Civil Rights Legislation and Litigation

This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of the role the law has played in the development of civil rights for African-Americans. It examines and analyzes such critical cases as Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, and Regents of California v. Bakke. In addition, significant legislative and executive changes affecting the civil rights of African-Americans are discussed and analyzed.
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City University of New York - The Administration and Process of Justice

This course stresses the machinery of justice, organization of federal, state, and local court systems as well as law enforcement agencies. Special problems of justice and the poor and concepts of social reconstruction through law will be surveyed and analyzed.
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City University of New York - Mass Media and the Black American

This course is a study of the social and psychological effects of media, such as radio, television, newspapers, motion pictures, and advertisements, upon Black Americans in a predominantly white society. A survey of the portrayal of the Black American in the mass media is also considered.
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City University of New York - African Philosophy and Religion

Survey of the major religions and philosophies of Africa, including the social impact, the theology, cosmology, and the morals embedded in the religions of the ancient Egyptians, indigenous African religions, Christianity, and Islam. It covers the major philosophical movements in Africa, including the works of Plotinus, Philo and Maimonides, Clement, Origin, Augustine, and Ibn Khaldun, as well as recent developments in philosophy in north Africa and in the religions of African-Americans.
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City University of New York - Introduction to Black Studies

This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the origins and manifestations of African cultures in the Americas-North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean. Using historical and anthropological tools, the course seeks to reconstruct a view of the Americas' past that is centered on the perspectives and experiences of the enslaved Africans and their descendants.
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City University of New York - Africa After Independence

This course deals with problems of economic development in developing African countries. The course explores such problems as technical assistance and aid from Western countries and the United Nations. Methods and approaches to economic development will be discussed in the context of the political framework of post-colonial African states.
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City University of New York - Economic Development and Problems of Independence in African Countries II

A continuation of BLS 3000.
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City University of New York - Black American Literature From 1940 to the Present Time

A survey of Black American literature and social thinkers from 1940 until the present time. All work covered in the course will be related as far as possible to the time in which the writings occurred.
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City University of New York - Local Government and Customary Law in Africa

This is a study of the nature of African customary law, indirect rule, and local government systems exported to Africa by the colonial powers. It will also deal with current local government in independent African countries.
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City University of New York - African Philosophy and Religion

Survey of the major religions and philosophies of Africa, including the social impact, the theology, cosmology, and the morals embedded in the religions of the ancient Egyptians, indigenous African religions, Christianity, and Islam. It covers the major philosophical movements in Africa, including the works of Plotinus, Philo and Maimonides, Clement, Origin, Augustine, and Ibn Khaldun, as well as recent developments in philosophy in north Africa and in the religions of African-Americans.
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City University of New York - Black Economic Development: 1860 to the Present

This course examines African-American economic development in a historical context from the period of the Civil War to the present. It examines Black businesses and businesspersons to see what businesses have evolved and how they have evolved. Successful Black businesses and businesspersons are examined as case studies to assist students before business plans are developed to contribute to the revitalization of business life.
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City University of New York - Selected Social Problems of the Ghetto

The history and establishment of the ghetto in American cities and the various problems that the Black community faces. The impact of urbanization upon the Black family will be analyzed. The new concept of self-determination of the Black community will also be discussed.
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City University of New York - Planning in Urban Areas

This course will consider the background of the development of present urban areas and the significance of planning. The social, political, and economic ramifications of urban renewal programs will be analyzed.
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City University of New York - Urban Economic Structure

An investigation of economic influences as they relate to business locations, housing, poverty, welfare, and public transportation policy. The dynamics and growth of the metropolitan area will be given special attention.
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City University of New York - The Black Child and Adolescent in the United States

This course is an exploration of the Black child and adolescent both in a historical perspective dating to slavery and in terms of the political, social, economic, psychological, educational, and familial circumstances that affect the developing Black child today. The commonalties, diversities, and adaptations of young Black Americans will be analyzed.
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City University of New York - The Black Family

This course is an intensive study of the Black American family. African heritage, post-Civil War family structure, and the impact of urbanization are the initial focus. Next we compare and contrast Black upper-middle-class, lower-middle-class, and working-class family structures. We also explore the Black single life, the polygamous relationship, and other lifestyles. Black American, Western Indian, and immigrant African family structures and variations are also examined.
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