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As every American knows, February is Black History Month. And as every American
also knows - if the events of 2020 haven't warped their sense of time too badly
- is isn't February right now. But thanks to online learning technology, we all
have the
freedom to study any subject we want, as much as we want, whenever we want, irrespective of the time of year. Sources of internet-based education have proliferated in the 21st century, but long-respected institutions of higher learning have also got in
on the action. Yale University, for example, has produced the online course African American History: Emancipation to the Present, whose 25 lectures by history professor Jonathan Holloway you can watch on YouTube, or at Yale's web site. The first lecture
appears above.
Originally recorded in the spring of 2010, Holloway's course examines "the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present," involving such chapters of history as "the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction"
and "African Americans' urbanization experiences."
It also includes lectures on the "thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X" - all writers and thinkers Open Culture readers will have encountered before,
but a course like African American History: Emancipation to the Present offers
the opportunity to consider their lives and work in clearer context and greater
detail.
Black history has deeper roots in some parts of the United States than others. But that doesn't mean the universities of the west have nothing to offer in this department: take, for example, Stanford University's African-American History: Modern Freedom
Struggle, taught by the historian (and editor of MLK's papers) Clayborne Carson. Available to watch on YouTube and iTunes (or right above), its 18 lectures deliver an introduction to "African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political
thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice." Taken together, these online courses offer you more than enough
material to hold your own Black History Month right now.
Note: Clay Carson's course can also be taken as a MOOC on edX. Enroll now in American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr. And find the courses listed above in our collection, 1,500 Free Online Courses from Top
Universities.
Related Content:
Watch the Pioneering Films of Oscar Micheaux, America's First Great African-American Filmmaker
Download Digitized Copies of The Negro Travelers' Green Book, the Pre-Civil Rights Guide to Traveling Safely in the U.S. (1936-66)
The Names of 1.8 Million Emancipated Slaves Are Now Searchable in the World's Largest Genealogical Database, Helping African Americans Find Lost Ancestors
Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the book The Stateless City: a Walk through
21st-Century Los Angeles and the video series The City in Cinema. Follow him on Twitter at @
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