In this course, students will investigate the possibilities of creating digital history of African-American life in the Jim Crow South. Readings will be thematic, and topics will include:

• The legal and extralegal edifices upholding segregation and disfranchisement after Reconstruction.
• African-American schools and churches.
• Politics, political activism, and political leadership.
• African-American labor under Jim Crow and the origins of black migration north after World Wars I and II.

• Students are not expected or required to have had any previous experience with the World Wide Web. Such experience is useful, but a central element of this course is to have all students acquire basic working knowledge of HTML and the technology necessary to create web-based materials.
• Students will be divided into small groups, with each group responsible for the creation of a website investigating some aspect of African-American life under Jim Crow in Charlottesville and central Virginia. Photos from the Holsinger collection will serve as launching points for these projects.
• Beginning the week of September 17, groups are to meet with the instructor weekly to discuss and demonstrate their project's progress. Students are also expected to meet as frequently as necessary in their groups to ensure the completion of projects in a timely fashion.
• The final projects for this course are of a collaborative nature, but students will receive grades individually. Accordingly, groups are expected to divide the workload relatively evenly. It is anticipated that every student will contribute significant amounts of time and effort and be prepared to discuss his or her input to the project. Final grades will be determined by the quality of the final project overall, by the individual's efforts on the project, and by participation in weekly discussions of readings. Students are encouraged to speak with the instructor during the semester to dicuss their standing in the course.