This course will examine and reflect upon the historical context, theology, rhetoric, and impact of African American preaching from the antebellum period to the present. Students will: (1) Engage in intensive reading and seminar discussion of African American preachers and homileticians (2) identify an African American preacher whose life and preaching they will study; (3a) write a research paper on that figure; or (3b) preach a sermon (in class) informed by your understanding of African American homiletics and submit a second sermon in writing.