Fall 2024 OLLI Digital Catalog

U.S. History as Viewed by African Americans (G234)

G – History

This course is the first of two courses that cover the history of African people in the Americas. The current course covers the period from the early 1500s to 1876, following people of African descent in the Americas in the Spanish and French territories, colonial America, through and after the American Revolution up to Reconstruction. The next course examines the period after Reconstruction, continuing to the present. Class methods include video-driven discussions and participant resource sharing.

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This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Norwood Coleman

COLEMAN, NORWOOD–B.S., music education, Delaware State University; M.S., rehabilitation counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University; ABD, social and behavior sciences, Bryn Mawr College. Retired training/diversity administrator, race relations/social justice trainer/planner. Lincoln University adjunct professor.

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