NOTE:
You must also
study any images that may be present in a reading. (If
there are captions then summarize them in your notes.)
Check if a reading has subheadings; if they are present
use them as a guide to organize your notes. With rare
exception, I will not ask you about dates and names of
places. Instead, what you should concentrate on is the
"what," and the "why," and the implications /
consequences. (E.g. what were the main facts
of, say, the rebellion, why did it occur, and what
were the consequences for society at large.) Where
the reading is an overview of, say, a system (e.g.
slavery) or a major event (e.g. the Civil War) then
identify the main themes and consequences. In case of
definitions, obviously concentrate on the main elements of
the definition. If there are images in the definition,
then study those too. Important: Any reading
assignment written by me should be considered an extension
of class lectures and therefore must take precedence over
other assigned materials.<-- Read this
sentence again.
WEEK 1
Class no. 1: Tuesday / January 30
Topic(s): Introduction: Course Overview
Subtopic(s): Pedagogy: focus on analysis, not just description; relevance of course; democracy and social justice; race-class-gender-disablility and the intersectionality of oppression; visual literacy skills. Example: space exploration (questions of human relationships [race, gender, sexuality, etc.] do not go away in space); gender and sexual harassment; patriarchy; Footnote: Is space exploration a form of escapism?
Assignment(s):
►"Something the Lord Made" (film about Dr. Vivien Thomas)
►film trailers: "Dunkirk;" "Darkest Hour;" "Interstellar"
WEEK 2
Class no. 2: Tuesday / February 6
Topic(s): Preliminary forays into course topics (subtext: to whet the intellectual appetite of course participants)
Subtopic(s): Analysis of the life of Dr. Vivien Thomas from the perspectives of race, class, and gender; overcoming oppression: agency versus structure; 13th-14th-15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; What is African American Studies; visual literacy.
Assignment(s):
►"Something the Lord Made" (continued)
►"Study all the slide images in the section titled Democracy on this web page.
WEEK 3
Class no. 3: Tuesday / February 13
Test No. 1
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
WEEK 4
Class no. 4: Tuesday / February 20
Topic(s): Slavery / Slave Trade
Subtopic(s): Sugar and slavery
Assignment(s):
► "Forgotten Genius"--film about African American Chemist Julian Percy
► Slavery-1 (CrashCourse video)
► Slavery-2 (CrashCourse video)
► 25 SHOCKING Facts About Slave Trade
► Africans in Tudor England
► The Irish in U.S.History--> see reading no. RW-15 of Part A of Online Course Materials
► 10 Lies You’re Told About American Slavery
WEEK 5
Class no. 5: Tuesday / February 27
In-class Essay (see announcement on the class home page)
WEEK 6
Class no. 6: Tuesday / March 6
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
►(*) Nat Turner’s Rebellion/John Brown's Raid/U.S. Civil War <-- Study entire document.
Nat Turner--1
Nat Turner--2
Nat Turner--3 (significance)
Nat Turner--4
►Film trailer: Birth of a Nation (Nat Turner)
►Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861; Appomatox Court House: April 9, 1865 <-- What do these places/dates mean?
►(*)Slavery: The Past and the Present <-- Study entire document.
►Origins of Slavery (reading)
►Sugar (reading)
►(*) Columbian Exchange (instructor notes)
►(*)Great European West-to-East Maritime Project (Columbian Project) (instructor notes)
WEEK 7
Class no. 7: Tuesday / March 13
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
►*First Two Sections, plus Section Five (plus all images) of this Reading.
►(*)Frederick Douglass
►*Marcus Garvey
►(*)W.E.B. DuBois and the Niagara Movement (packet of materials)
►(*)African American Soldiers in the First World War (and their "reward" after returning home)
►U. S. Declaration of Independence
►U.S. Constitution
►The Murders of the Osage (audio)
Spring
Break:
Tuesday / March 20;
Wednesday / March 21
Tuesday / March 20;
Wednesday / March 21
WEEK 8
Class no. 8: Tuesday / March 27
Test No. 2
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
WEEK 9
Class no. 9: Tuesday / April 3
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
*Section 4 (plus images) of this Reading.
►(*)Agency
►(*)Civil Society
►(*)Double Consciousness
►Nelson Mandela Biographical Timeline (the black struggle for democracy in Apartheid [Jim Crow] South Africa)
►Montgomery Bus Boycott
►(*)Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)
►MLK and the Philosophy of Nonviolence
►MLK's Church Sermon on Gandhi
►(*)MLK's Visit to India
►MLK's class struggle (the fight against poverty, and militarism)
►MLK's Final Message (audio)
WEEK 10
Class no. 10: Tuesday / April 10
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
►*"Study all the slide images in the section titled "Race/Ethnicity" on this web page.
►*Sections 5 and 6 (plus images) of this Reading: Race/Racism
►(*)Academic Freedom
►(*)Charles Hamilton Houston
►(*)Thurgood Marshall
►(*)Malcolm X
►Malcolm X at Oxford
WEEK 11
Class no. 11: Tuesday / April 17
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
►*"Study all the slide images in the section titled "Gender" on this web page.
►*Study the images on pages 31, 32, and 33 of this Reading: Slide images
►(*) Patriarchy (instructor notes)
►(*) Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas
►(*) Race, Gender (and Feminism)
►(*) "Hunting Ground" (Sexual Misconduct in College)
►(*) "Title IX" and the Civil Rights Movement
Gender Discrimination in the Classroom
►(*) Conservatism of Clarence Thomas
WEEK 12
Class no. 12: Tuesday / April 24
Test No. 3
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
WEEK 13
Class no. 13: Tuesday / May 1
Topic(s):
Assignment(s):
►*"Study all the slide images in the section titled "Oppression/Self-Oppression" on this web page.
►*Sections 10, 11 and 12 (plus images) of this Reading.
►(*) Police Violence against Black Women (Black Feminist Studies)
►(*) African Americans and Afro-Latina/Latinos (Comparative Black Studies)
►Hipster Racism
►(*) Patriarchy, Intersectionality, and the U.S. Prison System (Black Feminist Studies)
►(*) Blacks in Europe (Comparative Black Studies)
►(*) Blacks in the Middle East (Comparative Black Studies)
►(*) African Studies Spotlight: Ethnicism
►Race and U.S. Foreign Affairs
WEEK 14
Class no. 14: Tuesday / May 8
Topic(s): Intersectionality: race-class-gender-disability
Assignment(s):
►*"Study all the slide images in the section titled "Military/War" on this web page.
►*Sections 13 and 14 (plus images) of this Reading.
►(*) Study ALL images plus only starred sections of all text (includes accompanying footnotes) in this document: Race/Racism....
►(*) Study ALL images and text in only items I, K, M, Q, and R available via this page: Educational Success....
►(*) Study ALL images and text in this document: African Americans and Religion...
►Letter to NEA
►(*)Study ALL images and text in this document: Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era...
►(*)Study ALL images and text in this document: Affirmative Action--Harvard case.
►(*)Race and Music: Reading RW-8 of Part A of Online Course Materials (NOTE: scroll down to locate the item when you arrive on the page).
EXAM
WEEK
Final Exam (See exam schedule on your MYUB page)
Assignment(s):
►See announcement on class home page on what the test will cover.
