Week 1 (beginning January 30) / Topic: policing
Film/Video: Fruitvale Station 
Reading: None for this week.

Week 2 (beginning February 6) / Topic: policing
Film/Video: La Haine (a comparison with another country).
Reading: None for this week.

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Week 3 (beginning February 13) / Topic: death penalty
Film/Video: Just Mercy.
Reading: Starting with the title page, only the first 20 pages of this reading here.

Week 4 (beginning February 20) / Topic: death penalty
Film/Video: In the Name of the Father (a comparison with another country).
Reading: None for this week.

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Week 5 (beginning February 27) / Topic: prison industrial complex
Film/Video: The 13th. --> NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.
Film/Video: What is the Police For? --> NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.
Reading: None for this week.

Week 6 (beginning March 6) / Topic: procedural democracy 
Film/Video: Procedural Democracy. --> NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item. 
Reading: None for this week.

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Week 7 (beginning March 13) / Topic: History--Reconstruction--Jim Crow
Film/Video: Contributions of African Americans to.... (Part 1) --> NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.
Reading: A Timeline of the Racialization of United States.--> NOTE: Scroll through the web page to find item.

Week 8 (beginning March 27) / Topic: History--Reconstruction--Jim Crow 
Film/Video: Contributions of African Americans to.... (Part 2) --> NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.
Reading (a): A Timeline of the Racialization of United States (as above) --> NOTE: Scroll through the web page to find item.
Reading (b): Rasheem Carter (about a racial murder).

Week 9 (beginning April 3) / Topic: The Struggle to Abolish Jim Crow. 
NOTE: Test 5 will cover this material; Test 5 will be worth 20% of your final grade--see test schedule below.

• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> Simple Justice (NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.)
• Long Readings: PART A -->Readings-Packet 10 --> Item Nos. R and S.  WARNING: Do not screw up on these two very long readings.
  

Week 10 (beginning April 10) / Topic: Surviving in a Research Institution.
NOTE: Test 5 will cover this material; Test 5 will be worth 20% of your final grade--see test schedule below.

• Readings: PART A -->Readings-Packet 3 --> Item No. 23. 
  
• Short Readings: PART A -->Readings-Packet 10 --> Item Nos. C;  F;  F(a);  G(a);  I;  J;  J(a);  K; and Q. WARNING: Do not screw up on these short readings.

Week 11 (beginning April 17) / Topic: Law and the Scourge of Eugenics. 

• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> The Rabbit Proof Fence (NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.)
• Reading: PART A -->Readings-Packet 3 --> Item No. 36(c).
  
• Reading: PART A -->Readings-Packet 7 --> Item No. 15 of Section C.

Week 12 (beginning April 24) / Topic: Gender, Race and Law.

• Readings: PART A -->Readings-Packet 3 --> Item No. 45. 
  
• Readings: PART A -->Readings-Packet 3 --> Item No. 25 (NOTE: Section Two of this reading is optional.)
  

Week 13 (beginning May 1) / Topic: Gender, Race and Law. 

• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> Confirmation (NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.)
• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> Civilizing the Uncivilized (NOTE: Scroll through the class films list to find item.) 
  

Week 14 (beginning May 8) / Topic: Conclusion: The Rule of Law, Democracy, and the future.

• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> Procedural Democracy: Comprehending the Rule of Law. 
• Film/Video: PART A --> Class Films List--> Fragility of the Miracle: The Blue Marble.--> IMPORTANT: View (a) the first 8 minutes of the video; and then (b) after fast forwarding to the 31 minute point, view 19 minutes of the video, which will take you the 50 minute point. (Total viewing time: 8 + 19 = 27 minutes).
  
  A suggestion:  Later, after the semester is over, create some time and view on your own or with your family/friends the entire documentary. After digesting the documentary, ponder this question: if humanity is so busy fighting with each other because of anti-democratic greed-inspired racism, ethnicism, classism, sexism, etc., etc., then will they ever get together to stop the destruction of the planet? Most of you, probably, will have kids of your own in about 10 to 15 years, what kind of a world will they grow up in do you think?