AFRO3426
AFRO 3426 - African Americans, Social Policy, and the Welfare State (3 Cr.)
African-Amer & African Studies (10947)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
AFRO 3426 - African Americans, Social Policy, and the Welfare State (3 Cr.)
Course description
Period between New Deal (1930s) and present. History/impact of federal policy (presidential, congressional, judicial) and race on African Americans. Politics of allocation of insurance versus relief in Social Security Act of 1935. Race and expansion of social benefits after World War II. School desegregation. Kennedy's civil rights policy, LBJ's War on Poverty. Affirmative Action. Warren court. Busing. Conservative retreat from welfare state under Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring