Week 1- The origins of the African-American prophetic tradition (African Religious, Biblical Texts and Judaic influences)
Videos:
- African Gospel Tradition
- African Religious Tradition Part 1
- African Religious Tradition Part 2
- African Religious Tradition Part 3
- African Religious Tradition Part 4
- African Religious Tradition Part 5
Texts:
- Text on Black Christianity and the Prophetic Church
- African American Church Timeline
- African Religions
- Google Book, Yet With a Steady Beat, Contemporary U.S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation
Week 2- The Emergence of the African-American Church (Richard Allen/ Jarena Lee)
Videos:
Texts:
- Biography of Richard Allen
- The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen
- Women Evangelists: Jarena Lee
- Religious Experience and Journal of Jarena Lee
Week 3- Enslaved No More: Resistance and Revolution (David Walker/Nat Turner/Harriet Tubman)
Videos:
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
- Harriet Tubman
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 1
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 2
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 3
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 4
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 5
- The Quest for Freedom: The Harriet Tubman Story Part 6
Texts:
- Biography of David Walker
- Walker’s Appeal
- Biography of Nat Turner
- The Confessions of Nat Turner
- Nat Turner Preaches Religion
- Biography of Harriet Tubman
Week 4- Anti-Slavery Activism (Sojourner Truth/Frederick Douglass)
Videos:
- Biography of Sojourner Truth
- Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech Portrayed by Cicely Tyson
- Celebrating Women: Sojourner Truth
- Biography of Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass “Fourth of July Speech, 1852” Portrayed by Danny Glover
Texts:
- Frederick Douglass
- Absalom Jones Thanksgiving Sermon (1808)
- Sermon on the Abolition of the Slave Trade by Rev. William Miller (1810)
- An Oration on the Abolition of the Slave Trade by George Lawrence (1813)