Dear History Students, I will be writing over the next week or so to let you know about a few of the fantastic course offerings in History for the Spring 2016 semester. If you haven't already registered for courses, now is the time to do so! First up, please consider enrolling in HIST 278, "African-American History in the Modern Era," which will be taught by one of our newer, and very popular, instructors, Prof. Bryan Cooper-Owens. Offered on T/Th from 10:45-12:00, this course fulfills the US history concentration. Here is a longer description: History 278: African American History in the Modern Era (Post-Reconstruction) This course continues the history of African Americans begun in History 277. Students will study various concepts/events/movements including: Jim Crow, The Great Migration, The Harlem Renaissance, The New Deal, The "Double V" Campaign, Segregation and the Modern Civil Rights Movement, and The Black Power Movement. Students will learn about African American History through the lenses of economic expansion, social crises, global conflict, cultural movements, political reform and backlash. These themes will frame the unfolding of the 20th century African American historical experience in this survey course. Students will engage the broad complexities, achievements and contradictions that mark the African American odyssey via an in-depth engagement with class lectures course readings (which include secondary as well as primary source materials: e.g. historical documents, speeches and correspondence), and class discussions. Course Texts: Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans, with Documents [Combined Edition] Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, and Waldo E. Martin (authors) Assata: An Autobiography Please let me know if you have any questions. Best wishes, Prof. Celello