1.  Students will understand the major contours of the history 
of African American education
2.  Students will understand the differences and similarities 
in the development of education for black and white students
3.  Students will analyze the strategies employed historically 
by the black community to gain access to knowledge
4.  Students will assess the role of schools in perpetuating 
inequality and in extending equality
5.  Students will be able to discuss current trends and 
problems in black education within their historical context
6.  Students will improve their skills in historical analysis 
and critical writing.

1.  Childhood and education in pre-diaspora African
2.  Black education in slavery
         a.  The salve system as educational institution 
         b.  Learning in the quarters community
         c.  “Stealing” literacy
3.  Black education north of slavery
4.  The antebellum legacy of the black struggle for literacy
5.  The black educational response to Civil War, Emancipation,  
and Reconstruction
6.  Origins of the black teaching force
7.  Origins of black higher education
8.  Terrorism, share-cropping, lynch-law and black learning
9.  The black response to retrenched access to education
10. Progressive Education and segregated schools
11. Civil rights activism, black teachers, and the ambiguities 
of progress
12. Desegregating versus equal education: the irony of liberal 
reformism 
13. Resegregation and the twenty-first century black response 
to retrenched access to education.