A survey of the social political economic cultural and intellectual history of people of African descent in the formation and development of the United States to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. African American History I includes the study of African origins and legacy trans-Atlantic slave trade and the experiences of Arican Americans during Colonial Revolutionary Early National Antebellum and the Civil War/Reconstruction Eras. This course will enable students to understand African American history as an integral part of U.S. history. (May be applied to the U.S. History requirement)