Lisa Bratton, African American Women in the United States

This course explores the complex and often painful lives and legacies of African American women in the United States. Though often relegated to the margins of history, African American women have been involved in every facet of life in America—from its very inception. In this course, we will examine their African origins, their survival of the terrorism of enslavement, the struggle for basic human and civil rights to the African American women of today. This course will be beneficial for both races and all genders as the story of African American women is universal.