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SYLLABUS
All readings listed below are required,
not optional,
unless otherwise indicated by the professor in class.
I. Origins:
African Heritage and the Slave Trade
Readings:
Vincent Harding, There
Is A River, Chapters I and
II, pp. 3-51.
Manning Marable and Leith
Mullings, eds., Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
"Introduction," pp. xvii-xxv; Section One, "Introduction," pp. 3-7; Number
1, pp. 7-16; Number 6, pp. 41-42; Number 8, p. 48; and Number 9, pp. 49-50.
II. The
Slave Community: Oppression and Resistance
Readings:
Paula Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapter
II, pp. 33-35.
Harding, There
Is A River, Chapters III,
IV and V, pp. 52-116.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section One, Number 5, pp. 35-41; Number 10, pp. 50-52; Number 11, pp.
52-57; Number 13, pp. 64-67; Number 17, pp. 91-109; and Number 19, pp.
114-116.
III. The
Free Black Community
Readings:
Harding, There
Is A River, Chapters VI,
VII, VIII, IX and X, pp. 117-218.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section One, Numbers 2-4, pp. 16-35; Number 7, pp. 42-47; Number 12, pp.
58-64; Numbers 14-16, pp. 67-91; and Number 18, pp. 110-114.
IV. War,
Reconstruction and Reaction
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapter
III, pp. 57-74.
Harding, There
Is A River, Chapters XI,
XII, XIII, XIV, XV and XVI, pp. 219-332.
Manning Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
I, "Prologue: The Legacy of the First Reconstruction," pp. 3-12.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Two, "Introduction," pp. 119-124; Numbers 1-7, pp. 125-167 and
Numbers 9-10, pp. 173-181.
V. Accommodation
vs. Reform: Washington, Du Bois,
Cooper, Wells-Barnett and Trotter
Readings:
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Two, Number 8, pp. 167-172 and Numbers 11-16, pp. 181-230.
W.E.B. Du Bois, The
Souls of Black Folk, entire
text.
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapters
I, IV, V, VI and VII, pp. 17-31, 75-131.
VI. The
New Negro
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapters
VIII, IX, X and XI, pp. 135-197.
Juan Williams, Eyes
on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,
Chapter I, "God Bless the Child: The Story of School Desegregation," pp.
1-35.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Two, Number 17, pp. 230-233; Section Three, "Introduction," pp.
237-242, and Numbers 1-8, pp. 242-295.
VII. Depression,
World War II and the Cold War
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapters
XII, XIII and XIV, pp. 199-258.
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
II, "The Cold War in Black America, 1945-1954," pp. 13-39.
Williams, Eyes
on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years,
Chapter II, "Standing for Justice: Mississippi and the Till Case," pp.
37-57.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Three, Numbers 9-21, pp. 295-364.
VIII. The
Second Reconstruction, 1954-1962
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapter
XV, pp. 261-275.
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
III, "The Demand for Reform, 1954-1960," pp. 40-60.
Williams, Eyes
on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,
Chapter III, "We're Not Moving to the Back, Mr. Blake: The Montgomery
Bus Boycott," pp. 59-89; Chapter IV, "Hall Monitors from the 101st: The
Little Rock Story," pp. 91-119; and Chapter V, "Down Freedom's Main Line:
The Movement's Next Generation," pp. 121-161.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Four, "Introduction," pp. 367-376; and Numbers 1-7, pp. 376-406.
IX. The
Second Reconstruction, 1962-1967
Readings:
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
IV, "We Shall Overcome, 1960-1965," pp. 61-85.
Williams, Eyes
on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,
Chapter VI, "Freedom in the Air: The Lessons of Albany and Birmingham,"
pp. 163-205; Chapter VII, "Mississippi: Freedom Has Never Been Free,"
pp. 207-249; and Chapter VIII, "Selma: The Bridge to Freedom," pp. 251-287.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Four, Numbers 8-16, pp. 407-468.
X. The
Black Power Rebellion
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapter
XVI, pp. 277-297.
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
V, "Black Power, 1965-1970," pp. 86-113.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Four, Numbers 17-24, pp. 468-508.
XI. Contemporary
African-American Thought: the 1970s
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapters
XVII and XVIII, pp. 299-335.
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
VI, "Black Rebellion: Zenith and Decline, 1970-1976," pp. 114-148, and
part of Chapter VII, "Reaction: The Demise of the Second Reconstruction,
1976-1982," pp. 149-163.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Five, "Introduction," pp. 511-518 and Numbers 1-3, pp. 519-535.
XII. Contemporary
African-American Thought: the 1980s
Readings:
Giddings, When
and Where I Enter, Chapters
XIX and XX, pp. 337-357.
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Part
of Chapter VII, "Reaction: The Demise of the Second Reconstruction, 1976-1982,"
pp. 163-184, and Chapter VIII, "The Paradox of Integration: Black Society
and Politics in the Post-reform Period, 1982-1990," pp. 185-219.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Five, Numbers 4-9, pp. 535-577.
XIII. Contemporary
African-American Thought: the 1990s to the Present
Readings:
Marable, Race,
Reform and Rebellion, Chapter
IX, "Epilogue: The Vision and the Power," pp. 220-230.
Marable and Mullings, eds.,
Let Nobody Turn Us Around,
Section Five, Numbers 10-18, pp. 577-633.
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