AFST 2601 - Introduction to Africana Studies 2
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 40003,
Credit hours: 3
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Michael Beverly
Email: mabeverly@ysu.edu
Course Description
2601. Introduction to Africana Studies 2. The cultural and intellectual heritage of black people in Africa and the Americas as reflected in literature, philosophy, and art. 3 s.h.
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. | Franklin |
(10th ed.) New York, NY McGraw-Hill, Inc.
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Day | Date | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 8/25 | Read: Black Studies Article Handout: The Four Generations of Black Studies. | Overview of Course (Syllabus) Introduction to Africana Studies | |
| Thu | 8/27 | Read Textbook Chapter 3. | West Africa before the Transatlantic Slave Trade. | |
| Tue | 9/1 | Read Textbook: Chapter 10. | Background and factors that led to the Civil War | |
| Thu | 9/3 | Read Textbook Chapter 11: pgs. 247-251. | The American Civil War Begins. | |
| Tue | 9/8 | Read Textbook: Chapter 11. | The American Civil War Ends | |
| Thu | 9/10 | Reconstruction: Chapter 11 | African Americans elected to office | 9/10 First Essay due |
| Tue | 9/15 | Read Textbook: Chapter 11. | Compromise of 1877 and the election of Rutherford B. Hayes. Blacks move out of the South | |
| Thu | 9/17 | Read Textbook: Chapter 11 | The South Redeemed: | |
| Tue | 9/22 | Read Textbook Chapter 13 | Post Civil War Civil Rights Leaders: | |
| Thu | 9/24 | Read Textbook: Chapter 14. | Segregation Begins | |
| Tue | 9/29 | Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam | |
| Thu | 10/1 | Textbook: Read Chapter 14 | “Atlanta Compromise” | |
| Tue | 10/6 | Textbook: Read Chapter 14 | W.E.B DuBois and William Monroe Trotter and the 1905 Niagara Movement | |
| Thu | 10/8 | Read Textbook: Chapter 16 | World War I and Blacks in the Military. | 10/8 Second Essay Due |
| Tue | 10/13 | Textbook: Read Chapter 16 | The Great Migration 1915-1940 (Push-Pull factors) | |
| Thu | 10/15 | Textbook: Read Chapter 18 | The Harlem Renaissance" | |
| Tue | 10/20 | Read Textbook: Chapter 19. | The Great Depression | |
| Thu | 10/22 | Read Textbook: Chapter 21. | The Second Great Migration 1940-1960: | 10/22 Third Essay Due |
| Tue | 10/27 | Textbook: Read Chapter 22 | Post World II | |
| Thu | 10/29 | Textbook: Read Chapter 22 | Integration Of Professional Sports | |
| Tue | 11/3 | Textbook: Read Chapter 22 | Integration of Professional Sports Continued | |
| Thu | 11/5 | Read Textbook: Chapter 23 pgs. 492-500 | Civil Rights Era (1950-1970 | 11/5 Fourth Essay Due |
| Tue | 11/10 | Read Textbook: Chapter 23 pgs. 501-507 | Civil Rights Era Continues | |
| Thu | 11/12 | Read Textbook: Chapter 23 pgs. 501-507 | Read Textbook: Chapter 23 pgs. 501-507 | |
| Tue | 11/17 | Read Textbook: Chapter 23 | Lyndon Johnson sworn in as President | |
| Thu | 11/19 | Textbook: Read Chapter 23 | Major Victories in the struggle for Civil Rights | |
| Tue | 11/24 | Textbook: Read Chapter 23 | “Malcolm X and the “Nation of Islam” | |
| Tue | 12/1 | Textbook: Read Chapter 24 | Black Panther Part: Bobby Seale & Huey P. Newton | 12/1 Fifth Essay Due |
| Thu | 12/3 | Textbook: Read Chapter 24 | Martin Luther King Assassinated | |
| Tue | 12/8 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.