All Senior students will take either one year-long senior elective, or two semester-long senior electives.
This course will trace the black experience from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey that ended in slavery, into the dawn of freedom for these Americans. While examining pioneers and seminal figures in the struggle for freedom, we will study the geographic, social, ethnic, economic, and cultural journey of these African Americans. Primary reading sources including slave journals, poetry, diaries, autobiographies, letters, and newspaper articles will be examined.