Předmět Struggle for Civil Rights in United States (JMM606)

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Syllabus:  The Struggle for Civil Rights, 1877 to present.American Studies, Charles UniversitySummer term, 2014Dr. Norma J. HerveyOffice:  J3080Consultation hours:  Wednesday 12:30-2 or by appointmentContact information:  herveynj@gmail.com         Phone:  603-360-882The Civil Rights movement usually is considered to begin with the U.S. Supreme Court decision,  BROWN VS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, in 1954.  In reality, there was a free black community seeking rights for themselves and those enslaved dating from the colonial era.  This course will focus on the era after the end of Reconstruction, 1877, the period which officially ended the Civil War with the withdrawal of Union troops from the South.  The struggles whucj continued then for more than a century,  took place in all 50 states., and continues today.  It is an unequal struggle as those who oppose full citizenship as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, retained control of the courts, the police, and had the support of most non-black citizens of the United States.  Heroic acts were common as were atrocities which made the mid-20th century Civil Rights movement a necessity.  As during the centuries of slavery, there were many  people, classified as white, who joined in the struggle for rights of all citizens.  Only a few of these people lost  their lives, but this is not true for blacks, their leaders and many ordinary people whose primarily non-violent actions addressed their willingness to risk their lives to gain their rights.Readings for each week are available on Moodle or other online sites.  You are expected to be prepared to discuss the readings and to contribute interpretations of the events and the people.  In order to gain from the readings and discussion, I will give you a few questions  to consider as you read.Attendance is essential if you are to grasp the complexities of this history.  The final exam will focus on the readings, lectures, and discussions.  In addition, you are to write an 8-10 page paper on the lives and contributions of individuals or on events that had a significant impact on Afro-Americans and their fellow citizens.   As the struggle continues into the 21st century, your topic should deal with events and individuals of the late 20th and the 21st century.   Topics might be biographical, or assessment of recent Supreme Court decisions important to African-Americans or federal and state laws,  a contemporary African-American writer or a specific literary form, i.e., poetry or essays or novels, segregation in the military or schools or housing or employment or the numbers of Afridan-Americans in prison or social  and economic problems..   If you find one book to be of special interest, you may write your paper on that title as long as you explain why it was selected.. There are many other possible topics.  You will also present a brief oral summary of your research in class.  You will choose your own topic but, to avoid duplication, each of you will need to turn in three topics or the book title of interest, the most desired labeled #1, etc.  Topic ideas are due in class by the end of October;  each of you will receive a specific topic, one of your choices, at the next class..  Everyone will benefit if each of you select a topic or an individual NOT included in our syllabus.  I will prepare a list of topics to aid you in exploring possibilities.Grades:50 % attendance, completion of assigned readings for class discussion, and              participation in discussion.               25% paper               25% examASSIGNMENTS.  Note reading assignment are to be read for the date listed.October 1:      Overview of course.  Brief history of slavery, Civil War, guerilla war.October 8:      NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. P. 13-86. (Electronic copy)October 15:   14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution (on line) Selections                    from Booker T. Washington.  UP FROM SLAVERY.  Chapters 5, 7, 8, 9,         October 22:    Selections from W.E.B. DuBois.  SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS.   Chapters 3 and 6.  (Electronic copy)October 29:    PLESSY V. FERGUSON (on line)  Richard Wright.  "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow."November 5:  African-American Poets:  Claude McKay, "If we must Die."  Arna Bontemps, Southern Mansions."  Langston Hughes, "Afro-American Fragment," and "As I Grew Older."  Richard Wright, "Between the World and Me."  Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Children of the Poor."  LeRoi Jones, "Preface to a 20 volume Suicide Note," and "The Invention of Comics."  Each of you will also be given a poet and poem to present in class.       November 12:Vincent Harding.  "So Much History, So Much Future:  Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Second Coming of America."  Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."November 19:James Baldwin.  THE FIRE NEXT TIME.  p. 3-10, 53-105. BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1954. (on line)November 26:Malcolm X.  THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, Chapter 1,          "Nightmare," and Chapter 19, "1965," and "Message to the Grass Roots."December 3:  Bayard Rustin, "From Protest to Politics," and M.L. King, Jr., "I have a                                    Dream."  Anthony Lewis, "The Shame of America," NEW YORK                                              REVIEW OF BOOKS, Vol. LIX, Number 1 (January 12, 2012), p. 47-48.December 10: Research papers due.  Discussion  and Presentations in class..December 17:  Hand in essays based on Michelle Alexander’s.  THE NEW JIM CROW ot CREATING A NEW RACIAL ORDER by Jennifer Hochschild, Vesla Weaver, and Traci Burch.  I will assign chapters to each of you once I know how many students are in the class.   After reading your assignment, you will write a two page essay about the reading, its significance, and your opinions.  This will be in place of a final exam and is due the 17th.  Each person will present an oral description and assessment of their reading at this class.  Anyone who wants their essay returned can claim it  in my office in the next term.

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Professor Norma Hervey, PhD