AFAM 12B

About this course

This course examines the history of the Black/African American in the United States since the ending of the American Civil War. The major events, policies, themes, experiences, and Black/African American people that shaped the history of the United States will be analyzed. This course will help students understand the role of Black/African Americans in the political, social and economic life of the United States from Reconstruction to the Jim Crow era, to the modern Civil Rights Movement to the Black Power Movement to the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and the prison industrial complex impacting Black/African Americans today. How institutions, policies, social norms, and laws have historically, and currently oppressed/oppress Black/African Americans will also be examined.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use AFAM 12B

ASSIST maps AFAM 12B to a requirement in 50 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

• RECREATION, PARKS AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• LIBERAL STUDIESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• FOREST AND FIRE SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• POLITICAL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• HISTORYDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH AND SOIL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Leadership StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Race, Ethnicity, and HealthDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Chicano/Latino StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• History MinorDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
• HistoryDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
• History B.A. - Social Science Pre-Credential OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
• History B.A. - General History OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
• Liberal ArtsDe Anza → National University
• Social Sciences with an Inspired Teaching & Learning Preliminary Single Subject Credential (California)De Anza → National University
• HistoryDe Anza → National University
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Liberal Studies, Emphasis in Elementary EducationDe Anza → San Diego State
• Africana StudiesDe Anza → San Diego State
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Social SciencesDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• LIBERAL STUDIES, B.A. - Teacher Preparation OptionDe Anza → CSU Northridge