Module 4. Our Story: African Americans

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

1. describe the transatlantic slave trade and formation of the colonial slave system in North America
2. explore the development of the U.S. economy in terms of its reliance and use of slave labor
3. identify justification of Black slave labor from the Antebellum period to the Civil War
4. examine the effects of the Reconstruction period and the rise of the Lost Cause ideology
5. describe the 19th and 20th century development of segregation, Jim Crow laws, and racialized violence
6. explain key people and events of the civil rights movement in the 1960s
7. explore the issues and impact of the late 20th and early 21st century on African Americans