Racial Justice
by Prof. Hangen - February 8th, 2010
(8) Thurs 2/11 Abolition – Speech chosen by today
Reading (all online): David Walker’s Appeal (1829) – read at least the excerpt posted here (here’s the full text, if you’re curious for more), Frederick Douglass – read excerpts from three speeches, and Angelina Grimke, “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South” (1836) – it’s a bit long, so read more for general principles and her recommendations for action
(9) Tues 2/16 Intellectual History of the Civil War
Reading: Menand [txt], Preface and Part I (1-69)
In-class link: opening scene, Ken Burns Civil War
(10) Thurs 2/18 Racial Progressivism – turn in Bibliography for Speech paper
Reading (online): Wells, “Lynch Law in America†(1900) – (the link takes you to a site where you can choose this document as a plain-text webpage, a PDF, or an MP3 audio file) and W.E.B. DuBois, “The Talented Tenth” (1903)
In-class link: Plessy v. Ferguson
(11) Tues 2/23 Civil Rights Movement(s)
Reading: King, Malcolm X I [txt] – Part One and Ch 1-3 (pp. 1-101)
In-class links – some video clips:
Malcolm X on Chicago “City Desk,” 17 March 1963 (4:42)
Malcolm X, speech on black nationalism, Audobon Ballroom, Washington Heights (NYC) 29 March 1964 (3:44)
Malcolm X on “Open Mind” roundtable, “Race Relations in America”, 12 June 1963 (the other guests are Alan Morrison, Wyatt Tee Walker, and James Farmer) (6:04)
Martin Luther King on Malcolm X (3:31)
Martin Luther King, “Been to the Mountaintop” – Atlanta, 1968 (3:14)
Martin Luther King relates his intellectual journey, NBC special 27 October 1957 (8:59)
(12) Thurs 2/25 Racial Justice – Speech Paper due
Reading: King, Malcolm X II [txt] – Ch 4-6 (pp. 102-193)
