African American History since 1865

African Ame= rican History since 1865

Hist. 3363:= 01

Spring 2005=

Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Wright

Office: TLC 3208 = Phone: 678-839-6035 &= nbsp; em= ail: swright@westga.edu

Office Hours: T,TH: 9:15-10:15, 12:15-1:15 and 2:15-3:= 15; or by appointment

Class Meetings: T, TH, 11:00-12:15

Course Description: This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to the major themes and events in African American history from 1865 to the present.= Through readings, lectures, films and discussions, we will address topics including: the social, political, and economic changes wrought by Reconstruction; the development of Jim Crow; progressivism and the “N= adir;” the Great Migration; the modern Black freedom struggle; and recent developm= ents in late twentieth century Black America.

Course Objectives: Students will gain a general knowledge of American history from Reconstruction to the Present from the African American perspective. They will be able to place contemporary discussions about race in the United States into an historical context. Students will learn to think critically about historical issues and = gain the skills necessary to evaluate and interpret historical documents.

Course Requirements:

Attendance: &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 50 points

Participation: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 50 points

Exams (2): = &nb= sp; 200 points each

Book Review = ; &= nbsp; 100 points

Annotated Bibliography= 100 points

Research Paper = 300 points

Quizzes &nb= sp; = 100 points

Attendance/Participation: You will be allowed t= wo unexcused absences. Any absen= ce beyond this will result in the loss of 5 attendance points per absence. Lateness is very disruptive to both the instructor as well as your colleagues, therefore, pl= an to arrive on time as latecomers will not be admitted. Attendance will be taken during the first 5 minutes of class. Please come to class prepared to discuss the assigned readings. Contributing to class includes not= only your preparedness to discuss the assigned readings, but your ability to res= pect your fellow scholars by arriving on time, not talking while others are talk= ing and by turning off all cell phones, pagers, or other electronic devices.

Examinations: There will be one midterm and a f= inal exam. Exams will cover materi= al from your textbooks and classroom presentations (lectures, discussions, mov= ies). Exams will consist primarily of identification and essay questions.

Book Reviews: You will complete one 3-4 page bo= ok review of Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi. A sample book review is on reserve= at Ingram Library.

Annotated Bibliography: An annotated bibliograp= hy for the research paper will be turned in prior to submitting the paper.

Research Paper: The research paper will focus o= n one of the major themes in African American History between 1865 and 2000. It should be 7-8 pages, double-spa= ced. Your paper should have a minimum o= f ten (10) sources, five secondary and five primary. Full instructions and a list of ap= proved topics for the research paper should be downloaded from WebCt.

Quizzes: Short un-announced reading quizzes may= be given if you and/or your classmates consistently come to class un-prepared. If reading quizz= es are given, they will replace your attendance and participation grades.

Academic Honesty: The work that you subm= it and the answers that you provide on exams are expected to be your own. When quoting words that are not yo= ur own, use quotation marks and note the source. Evidence of plagiarism on papers a= nd/ or of cheating on exams will result in a failing grade for the course.<= /p>

Assigned Texts:

Darlene Clark Hine, et al., African Americans: A Co= ncise History, vol. 2.

Elsa Barkley Brown and Thomas Holt, Major Problems = in African-American History, vol. II

Anne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi.

Class Sc= hedule

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Jan. 11 &nb= sp; Why Study African American History? Interpreting historical documents

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; “Birth of a Nation”

Jan. 13 &nb= sp; Reco= nstruction

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Readings: Hine, et al., Ch. 12

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 1

Jan. 18 &nb= sp; Reco= nstruction

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Readings: Hine, Ch. 13

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 2 Documents 1, 4, 5, 6, 8 and essay by Gutman

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Discussion of documents

Jan. 20 &nb= sp; The Failure of Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 2 essay by Saville and Ch. 3, essay by Brown

Jan. 25 &nb= sp; The Meaning of Jumping Jim Crow

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 14; Brown & Holt, C= h. 3, documents 1,2, & 3

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Discussion of documents

Jan. 27 &nb= sp; Black Resistance to White Supremacy (Education, Church, and Culture)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 15 & Brown & Holt, Ch. 3 documents 4, 5, 6, &= ; 7

Feb. 1 &nbs= p; Black Resistance to White Supremacy (The Women’s Club Movement)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 5, documents 1-3 & 5 and essay by White

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Feb. 3 &nbs= p; Black Resistance to White Supremacy (The NAACP and the UNIA)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 16 & Brown & Holt, Ch. 5 documents 4, 7,8, &= 9; essay by James

Feb. 8 &nbs= p; The Great Migration

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 4

“I&#= 8217;ll Make Me a World”

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Feb. 10 &nb= sp; Harlem Renaissance & Black Working Class Cultur= e

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 6

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Discussion of documents

Feb. 15 &nb= sp; The “New Negro”

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 17

Feb. 17 &nb= sp; The Great Depression and the New Deal

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 18

Feb. 22 &nb= sp; The Great Depression and the New Deal

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 7

Feb. 24 &nb= sp; Black Culture during the Inter-war Period

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; “The Great Migration”

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 19

March 1 &nb= sp; Mid-term examination

March 3 &nb= sp; WWII and the “Double V Campaign”

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 8

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Discussion of documents

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March 8 &nb= sp; The Road to Brown and the Legal Strategy of the NAACP

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 20

Turn in annotated bibliography for re= search paper with a minimum of 10

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; sources

March 10 &n= bsp; The Modern Civil Rights Movement: The 1950s

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 21

“Boy= cott”

March 15 &n= bsp; The Modern Civil Rights Movement: The 1960s

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 9

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; “Ain’t Scared of Your Jails”

March 17 &n= bsp; “What do we want?” &= nbsp; The Rise of Black Power

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 22 (433-451)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Discussion of Anne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Book Review Due

March 22 & 24 = ; No classes: Spring Break

March 29 &n= bsp; Paper presentations

March 31 &n= bsp; The Black Panther Party

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 22 (451- 465)

April 5 &nb= sp; “Burn baby burn:” Post Voting and Civil Rights Acts Black Society

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 10

April 7 &nb= sp; Modern Black America in the 1970s: The Black Arts Movement

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Hine, Ch. 23

April 12 &n= bsp; Modern Black America in the 1970s: The Fight over Affirmative Action

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 11, essay by Guinier and documents 1-4, 6-8

April 19 &n= bsp; Modern Black America in the 1980s: The Origins of the Hip-Hop Generation

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Brown &= amp; Holt, C= h. 11, essay by Tricia Rose document 5and reserve reading

April 26 &n= bsp; Modern Black America in the 1990s: Reparations

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Read excerpt from Randall Robinson̵= 7;s The Debt, on reserve at Ingram

Library

April 28 &n= bsp; Current Events in Black Amer= ica

Brown & Holt, Ch. 11, essay by Temma Kaplan

Bring arti= cle from the AJC or other periodical

&nbs= p; &nb= sp; on issues that are currently relevant in Black America

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Research Paper Due

Final Exam: T= ues. May 10, 11 am-1 pm