1. African Origins, Beginnings to ca. 1600 C.E. 2. From Africa to America, 1441-1808 3. Slavery in North America, 1619-1740 4. African Americans in the Age of Revolution, 1741-1783 5.

Slavery and Freedom in the New Republic, 1775-1820 6. Black Life in the Slave South, 1820-1860 7. The Northern Black Freedom Struggle and the Coming of the Civil War, 1830-1860 8. Freedom Rising: The Civil War, 1861-1865 9. Reconstruction: The Making and Unmaking of a Revolution, 1865-1877 10. Black Life and Culture during the Nadir, 1880-1915 11. The New Negro Comes of Age, 1915-1930 12. Catastrophe, Recovery, and Renewal, 1930-1942 13.

Fighting for a Double Victory in the World War II Era, 1939-1950 14. The Early Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1963 15. Multiple Meanings of Freedom: The Movement Broadens, 1961-1976 16. Racial Progress in an Era of Backlash and Change, 1967-2000 17. African Americans in the 21st Century.