HIST 352: Black Voices in 20th Century America

 Introduction. Overview. Syllabus.

Malcolm X  Calling US to Account

Chris Rock Bill Maher

For Tues: Read Ch. 12  of AFRICAN AMERICANS: A CONCISE HISTORY. If you do not yet have access to the book, find, print, and bring in 3 documents that explain what life was like for African Americans between 1865-1900.

For Thurs: Read 13 of AFRICAN AMERICANS: A CONCISE HISTORY

 For Tues: Read Intro, Prologue, and Ch. 1-5  of Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man and write an Informed Response

For Thurs: Read Ch. 6-9 in Invisible Man. Email the Informed Response to me since there is no class by 12 midnight on 2/5

NO CLASS 2/5. Extra Credit: Listen to Arnold Rampersad's recent lecture on Ralph Ellison and write a 1-2 page review of his most interesting points.

For Tues: read ch. 10-14 of Invisible Man

For Thurs: read ch. 15 of Invisible Man

Harlem Renaissance

Malcolm X assassinated 44 years ago, Feb. 21, 1965. Listen to one of his most prophetic speeches here, "The Ballot or the Bullet |"

Powerpoint on Harlem Renaissance | Red Hot Jazz archive online | Other Harlem Renaissance resource

For Tues: read ch. 16-20 of Invisible Man

For Thurs: read ch. 21-22 of Invisible Man

Great Depression and WWII.  Early Civil Rights.

Extra Credit: Go see on Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., a conference about Richmond's African American history.  "Hidden Things Brought to Light: Finding Lumpkin's Jail and Locating the Burial Ground for Negroes" at the Virginia Historical Society, free and open to the public. 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23220. Write a 1-2 page report!

 For Tues: finish Invisible Man

For Thurs: read. ch. 18 in Hine, Concise History of African Americans

 For Tues: read ch. 20, 21 in Hine, Concise History of African Americans

Midterm Review Guide

 Black Power, 1955-1972

The Black Panther Research Project-Stanford

 Black Power, Part II: Panthers, Gender, and Black Arts Movement

Elaine Brown, first female to head Panthers

Interview with Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

For Tues: Read CONCISE HISTORY, pp. 502-528 (Read through Gore v. Bush)

For Thurs: Read Obama, Dreams from my Father, pp. xiii-71.

Extra Credit: If you'd like to come to the University of Richmond's Brown v. Board luncheon, downtown UR campus (7th and Broad St., Richmond), it's free! But you have to let me know so I can tell them your name, sign you up for the lunch. If you do a 2 page write up of the speakers (what you learned, what you liked, what you didn't, questions you have), it will be an extra credit.

 Black Voices, 1975-1990

Nikki Giovanni EgoTrippin | Recent Poems

Review of Obama's book in 1995

 Part I: Obama, Dreams from My Father

For Tues: read Obama, Dreams from My Father, pp. 72-163 (end of Ch. 8)
For Thurs: read Obama, pp. 164-248.

 1990s and Sister Souljah

Interview with Sister Souljah

Sister Souljah and the 1992 LA Riot

 For Tues: read Souljah, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story, pp. 1-149 (yes all of it!)

For Thurs: read Souljah, Midnight, pp. 151-235

 Womanism

Calls for papers on Motherhood and HipHop

A start on womanism vs. feminism

 For Tues, read Souljah, Midnight, pp. 237-372

For Thurs, read Souljah, Midnight, pp. 372-498

 Political Life, 1992-Present

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Cross over Clinic 804.233.5016
Chesterfield Health Dept 804.748.1691
Fan Free Clinic 804.358.6343
Hanover Health Dept 804.798.4972
Henrico Health Dept. 804.652.3190
Minority Health Consortium 804.225.0820
Petersburg Health Dept. 804.863.1652
Richmond Health Dept. 804.646.6855
Vernon J. Harris Clinic 804.780.0840
Planned Parenthood 804.254.1760

 Part II: Obama, Dreams from My Father

For Tues, read Obama, pp. 249-391

For Thurs, read Obama, pp. 392-442