This comprehensive and visually engaging PowerPoint covers AP African American Studies Unit 3.5–3.6, examining how disenfranchisement, segregation, racial terror, and cultural resistance shaped African American life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Built to align with the College Board AP African American Studies framework, this resource helps students analyze how white supremacy was enforced through both law and violence, while also highlighting African American resistance and agency.

This 20+ slide, fully editable PowerPoint includes:

• Disenfranchisement after Reconstruction, including literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and voter intimidation
  
• Jim Crow segregation and the enforcement of racial hierarchy in everyday life
  
• The role of racial violence, lynching, and terror in maintaining white supremacy
  
• The Tulsa Race Massacre (1921) and the targeting of Black economic success
  
• Cultural resistance through literature, including Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die”
  
• Embedded primary-source slides with Pause-and-Analyze questions designed to support document analysis, discussion, and AP-style writing
  
• Clear explanations and structured content that prepare students for SAQs, document-based analysis, and critical thinking essays
  

Perfect for AP African American Studies teachers seeking a ready-to-use, exam-aligned presentation that reinforces key concepts and builds analytical skills.

Fully editable, classroom-tested, and aligned with the AP African American Studies Course and Exam Description (CED).