The course offers an introductory overview of African-American history. During the course of the semester we will trace the history of African Americans from Ancestral Africa to North America, from slavery to post-civil rights America. We will discuss the cultural, social, and political status of the African-American community throughout the history of the United States, focusing on such important periods as Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Antebellum Period, the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement.