Short answer: course theme (no source)
Building Black institutions and the study of Black history
- Units 1 and 3
- 3 points
- About 13 minutes
With no source to read, you answer three or four short parts about a big theme that runs through several units, giving specific examples and explaining causes, comparisons, changes or significance. On the exam: Section II, short-answer question 3 of 3 (required); the three short-answer questions share a suggested 40 minutes and are 18% of the score. In 2025 and 2026 this question had 3 parts (A–C).
The question
There is no source for this question. Answer parts A, B and C in a few complete sentences each, using specific historical evidence; you don't need a thesis.
Suggested time: 13 minutes
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Part (A)
1 pointDescribe one way historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or Black churches supported African American communities between 1865 and 1940.
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Part (B)
1 pointDescribe one contribution of Carter G. Woodson or Arturo Schomburg to the study of Black history.
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Part (C)
1 pointExplain how student activism in the 1960s led to the creation of African American Studies as an academic field.
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