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AP African American Studies study notes
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Study AP African American Studies free in APrepUnit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora
- 1.1Nations and Empires of Early Africa
- 1.2West African Society and Culture
- 1.3North and Central African Societies
- 1.4African Culture and Art
- 1.5Beyond the Bantustans: African Social and Political Systems
- 1.6African Religion and Cosmology
- 1.7The Swahili Coast
- 1.8African Independent Kingdoms Post-1591
- 1.9Increasing Contact with Europe
Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement & Resistance
- 2.1West African Kingdoms and Empires
- 2.2African Political and Social Organization Before the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 2.3Historical Origins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 2.4The Practice of African Slavery
- 2.5Justifications for Slavery
- 2.6The Impact of Colonization
- 2.7Middle Passage
- 2.8African Resistance to Enslavement
- 2.9Slavery in the Colonial Era
- 2.10Black Resistance and Rebellion
- 2.11The Culture of Slavery
- 2.12Free Black Communities in the Colonial Era
- 2.13African Americans in the American Revolution
- 2.14The Constitution and Slavery
- 2.15Slavery and Resistance in the Antebellum Period
- 2.16The Domestic Slave Trade
- 2.17Freedom Movements
- 2.18Black Print Culture
- 2.19African American Religion
- 2.20Black Towns and Communities
Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom
- 3.1Rising Expectations of Freedom
- 3.2African Americans in the Antebellum Era
- 3.3African American Racial Uplift
- 3.4The Colonization Movement and Emigration
- 3.5African American Women's Political Activism
- 3.6African American Religion and Choice
- 3.7African American Art and Freedom
- 3.8The Civil War
- 3.9Black Politics During the Civil War
- 3.10Freedom Now
- 3.11Reconstruction and Innovations in Government
- 3.12African American Politicians During Reconstruction
- 3.13The End of Reconstruction and Its Legacy
- 3.14Political Responses to Racial Terror
Unit 4: Movements & Debates
- 4.1Migration and Transformation
- 4.2Causes of the Great Migration
- 4.3Artistic, Literary, and Intellectual Movements
- 4.4The Great Migration and Artistic, Literary, and Intellectual Life
- 4.5Continuity and Change in Black Communities
- 4.6Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
- 4.7Civil Rights: Debates and Divisions
- 4.8Black Power Movement
- 4.9Black Feminism and Womanism
- 4.10Black Politics after 1965
- 4.11Mass Incarceration
- 4.12Black Lives Matter Movement
- 4.13Colorism
- 4.14Intersectionality and Contemporary Black Identity
- 4.15Black Artistic Movements since the 1960s
- 4.16Debates about Race and Class
- 4.17Reparations
- 4.18Black Diversity and Health Disparities
- 4.19Black Population Growth
- 4.20Africa and the African Diaspora