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John Hope Franklin & Alfred A. Moss, Jr., From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans

Robert Weisbrot, Freedom Bound: A History of America’s Civil Rights Movement

Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice

Also, required chapters from the texts below will be on reserve at the Library (tentative list). It is your responsibility to go there and read them!

Thomas R. Frazier (Ed.), The Under Side of American History

Carey McWilliams, North From Mexico

Brief Course Description: A survey of the civil rights movement from post-Reconstruction to the present. Beginning with a brief discussion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the course examines the problems and issues confronting free Blacks, the retreat from Reconstruction and the coming of Jim Crow; Booker T. Washington and his critics; migration and the rise of urban ghettoes; the Harlem Renaissance; the Civil Rights Movement, Mexican- American protest, the Civil the Black Power Movement and the "War on Poverty".

By the end of the course students should be able to gain an appreciation of the central place of black people and the civil rights movement in this country and a better understanding of both African-American and American History.

Class meeting will centered on lectures, discussions, videos and presentations. All will address assigned texts and schedules topics. Scheduled topics provide chronological and thematic continuity and supply background material for students’ own independent research. All students are expected to contribute actively to class activities by (1) thoroughly reading and studying all material before arriving to class; (2) paying careful attention to what classmates and teachers have to say; (3) actively contributing to class discussions; and (4) completing assignments on current topics. Students are also required to take two quizzes (15% total), two exams and a book review. The two exams each worth 30 points, will be based on the material covered in the lectures. Study questions for both the mid-term and the final examination will be distributed in class prior to the exams. In addition, students are expected to write a critical review (7-10 pages, double- spaced) of at least two related readings (books). The books must be approved in advance by the instructor or your book review will not be graded. You will be given suggestions for topics if you do not have something special in mind. The literary review will be due by the beginning of the twelfth week (April 9) and will be worth (15%) of your grade. "Support material" from the Internet is not acceptable. You will be required to make a brief presentation of your findings to the class. The final 10% will be based on your attendance and participation.

A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F= 59 or less

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Class attendance is essential to building fundamental understanding, especially in light of the scope of the subject matter. Therefore, I expect you to attend class regularly and to realize that failure to do so will definitely affect your grade. You are allowed three unexcused absences in the whole semester. Excessive absence may result in your involuntary withdrawal from the course. In addition, you are expected to be in the classroom ready to work at the appointed hour. It is your responsibility to be on time, ready and attentive. Please do not come late to class: this interrupts work already in progress and is very rude to your classmates.

MAKE-UP POLICY: no make-up exams or make-up quizzes will be given unless the student receives an excused absence prior to the examination or provides me with a written medical excuse after the exam.

LATE WORK POLICY: You are required to turn in all assignments on the due date. Late work will be penalized 20% a day.

In addition, academic dishonesty (cheating on examinations, copying another’s work, trading, selling or purchasing exams, papers, etc.) will result in an "F" on the particular assignment or an "F" for the entire course. It is your responsibility to understand Montgomery College’s policies concerning academic honesty and classroom conduct. See Student Handbook, p. 64 or [http:/www.cc.md.us/]

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: If you have a specific physical or learning disability and require accommodations, please let the instructor know early in the semester so that your needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Support Services Center (DDS), Counseling & Advising Bldg.

Week 1 Jan. 22-26 Introduction to the Course

The Meaning of Freedom: The Promise of Reconstruction

Moss, Chapter 12

Week 2 Jan. 29-Feb. 2 The Meaning of Freedom: The Failure of Reconstruction

Moss, Chapter 13

FILM

Week 3 Feb. 5-9 Conciliation

Moss, Chapter 14

Week 4 Feb. 12-16 World War One and the First Great Black Migration

Moss, Chapters 15 and 16

Week 5 Feb. 19-23 Discrimination and Race Riots

Moss, Chapter 17

FILM

Week 6 Feb. 26-Mar. 2 The Great Depression and the New Deal

Moss, Chapter 19