HIST 293 - Introduction to African-American History I

1. The origins and development of black slavery in America.
2. The impact of the Revolutionary War and westward movement on slaves and free blacks.
3. The life of free blacks in comparison with that of slaves.
4. The impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on African Americans.
5. Black life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
6. African American migration patterns.
7. The significance of the World Wars and the Great Depression on African Americans.
8. The modern civil rights movement and opposition to integration.
9. The contemporary African American community.