HIS 390 (CRN 45220)
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Canisius College, Fall 2010, TR 8:30 am-9:45 am, Old Main 223
Dr. Bruce Dierenfield CT607 (888-2683) dierenfb@canisius.edu
Office hours: MW 8:30 am-2:30 pm, TR 11:30 am-2 pm, F 11 am-2:30 pm & by appointment
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Course Description
This is a history course on the post-World War II black civil rights movement, arguably the most
important reform in American history. It will trace the origin and development of the struggle as it
occurred on both the national and local levels. The course aims to evaluate the political and
socioeconomic plight of African Americans and to explore the ways in which prominent individuals,
grass roots groups, women, newspaper editors, legislators, judges, and presidents advanced or resisted
racial justice. Particular attention will also paid to the critical events of the civil rights movement, such
as the Brown decision, the Montgomery bus boycott, the integration of Central High School in Little
Rock, the Greensboro sit-ins, the Freedom Rides through the Deep South, the Albany Movement,
Project Confrontation in Birmingham, Freedom Summer, the Selma-to-Montgomery march, and the
wave of reaction to perceived negligible progress in the form of black nationalism and urban riots. The
course will conclude by considering the status of African Americans in today’s society. Several guest
speakers are planned, and an optional trip to the Deep South will take place over Spring Break.
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Objectives
1. Develop a clear understanding of the broad themes of the civil rights movement.
2. Acquire the ability to evaluate historical evidence, including news articles, oral history, and
autobiographical accounts.
3. Improve communications skills through structured discussion and writing.
Learning Goals & Objectives for History Majors
Goal I: History majors will develop knowledge of historical content characterized by
both breadth and depth.
Objectives: Students will demonstrate:
1. A basic knowledge of the history of the United States, Europe, and one other geographic region
(Africa, Asia, or Latin America)
2. A detailed knowledge of the history of the specific chronological or thematic areas they
choose to study.
Goal II: History majors will develop skills in historical writing.
Objectives: Students will demonstrate ability to:
1. Compose a chronological narrative.
2. Ask a historical question, construct a thesis, and support it with historical evidence.
3. Locate and evaluate historical evidence in a variety of primary & secondary sources.
4. Use citation practices appropriate to the historical profession to document evidence found in a
variety of sources.
Goal III: History majors will learn to think historically.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Assess the significance of events, ideas, or artifacts in their historical context.
2. Distinguish cause and effect and recognize multiple causality in history.
3. Recognize and evaluate different historical interpretations.
Senior History majors must email their papers to me, as well as submit them in hard copy.
Methods
The course will be taught largely chronologically and rest on three pillars--lecture, visual
presentations (esp. PowerPoint images & the award-winning Eyes on the Prize series), and discussion.
Requirements
The requirements below are subject to change depending upon enrollment and student performance.
All students are strongly encouraged to attend out-of-class lectures, contribute to class discussion,
submit a short paper, and take the final exam. There are options with respect to the writing assignments.
Requirements (subject to change)
1. Discussion
2. Class quizzes (4)
T FEB 9, R MAR 4, R MAR 25, T APR 27
3. Papers (1)
R MAR 18
4. Final Exam
TBD for mid-May
Grading
10%
40%
20%
30%
100%
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Books
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement, 2004, 2008 (rev. ed.)
Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate
Little Rock’s Central High, 1994
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, 1998
Frank Lambert, Battle of Ole Miss: Civil Rights v. States’ Rights, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can’t Wait, 1964
Frank Sikora, Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case, 1991
Unita Blackwell, Barefootin’: Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom, 2006
Attendance
Attendance will be taken every class period with an attendance sheet. It is your responsibility to sign this
sheet. If you do not sign it, you are not there. Except in unusual & justified circumstances (as
determined by the instructor), you will be allowed three absences for whatever reason during the course
of the semester. Grade penalties for excessive absences include course failure. If you will miss more
than three classes, please inform me in advance of your absences.
Because of the disruption to the learning environment, students who are habitually late to class, who
take a break during class, who leave class before formal dismissal, or who use cell phones, iPods, or
other such electronic equipment during class will receive a stiff grade penalty.
Discussion (10 percent)
An indispensable part of the course will be class discussion. Students will be expected to complete the
assigned readings on time and to discuss them in large group settings. Discussion grades will be made
on the basis of instructor observation. Students are welcome to see the instructor about how to improve
their performance in discussion.
Testing (70 percent)
There will be two types of testing in this course—(a) quizzes and (b) a final examination. The quizzes
will consist of objective questions (mostly matching) and fill-in-the-blanks. The final exam, which will
be given at the scheduled time during final exam week, will consist of objective questions (matching,
true-false, fill-in-the-blank, and the like), and an essay question or two chosen from several choices. A
detailed study guide for the final exam will be distributed about a week before the final exam. Part of the
final exam will include questions from front & back matter in the text, e.g., glossary, chronology, maps,
and who’s who.
Speakers
As of now, there will be three speakers on the Civil Rights Movement this semester, including two
veteran activists and a prize-winning historian. One activist will appear during class time, and students
should attend at least one of the other presentations outside of class, i.e., SNCC founder Diane Nash
and/or historian Ray Arsenault. For extra credit (2½ percent), students may submit a 3-page typed
summary of/reaction to the presentation. Deadline: one week after the lecture. Make sure to keep a copy
of our paper, either on computer hard drive or as a photocopy.
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Date
W JAN 27
Speaker
Diane Nash
T MAR 2
Sa MAR 20
T APR 20
Hank Thomas?
Ray Arsenault
Charles Cobb
Topic
Legacy of the Civil Rights
Movement
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rides
Freedom Summer
Affiliation
SNCC
Place
Regis (7 pm)
SNCC/Deep South
University of South Florida
SNCC/Mississippi
OM 223 (10 am)
OM 223 (10 am)
OM 223 (10 am)
Papers
Complete a 5-page paper on any of the following assignments:
A. Oral history
B. SNCC journal report
C. Newspaper report
D. FBI investigation
E. Pen biography
F. Book review
G. Institutional history
H. Film review
I. Personal interview
J. Battle of Ole Miss documents
K. Selma documents
M. Chatroom report
(A half grade bonus will be given for integrating at least two (2) sources,
e.g., an oral history and a biography.)
A.
Oral history
Drawing upon at least two published and/or online interviews of civil rights activists, examine one of
the significant events of the movement. For example, you might look at the Montgomery bus boycott
through the eyes of E.D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson.
Howell Raines, My Soul is Rested: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the
Deep South, 1977
Henry Hampton, Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement
from the 1950s through the 1980s, 1990
University of Southern Mississippi digital archive
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/
Mississippi Digital Library
http://cdm.lib.usm.edu/edm4/index.php
University of Virginia (Mississippi Burning: LBJ tapes & documents
http://www.whitehousetapes.net/exhibits/miss_burning
B.
SNCC journal report
Read three entire issues of Student Voice (SNCC’s journal), which is available on microfilm in the
Canisius library, and then analyze what you discover. For example, you might address the kinds of
topics that the journal presents, the journal’s editorial position, challenges faced by activists, and so
on. Some issues of Student Voice can also be uploaded from www.crmvet.org/docs/sncc1.htm.
C.
Newspaper report
Study the challenge & violence of Freedom Summer (1964) by reading at least ten (10)
articles that are held by Miami University in Ohio. See http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/fs/
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D.
FBI investigation
Study the FBI’s investigation, infiltration, and harassment of individuals and groups promoting black
civil rights, black nationalism, or white supremacy. There are several excellent books on the FBI’s
war on black America, or one may go online at http://foia.fbi.gov/alpha.htm. The FBI’s website has
information on Black Muslims, Stokely Carmichael, Bull Connor, Deacons for Defense and Justice,
W.E.B. Du Bois, Medgar Evers, Fred Hampton, Highlander Folk School, Martin Luther King, Ku
Klux Klan, Viola Liuzzo, Thurgood Marshall, MIBURN (Mississippi Burning), Elijah Muhammad,
Huey Newton, Mack Charles Parker, Revolutionary Action Movement, Paul Robeson.
E.
Pen Biography
Write an overview of the life and civil rights activism/opposition of one of the following figures.
While you may use internet sources, more weight will be given to the use of first-hand materials and
reputable secondary works.
Civil Rights Figures
Ralph Abernathy
Ella Baker
Harry Belafonte
Daisy Bates
James Bevel
Unita Blackwell
Julian Bond
Amelia Boynton
Oliver Brown
Stokely Carmichael
James Chaney
Kenneth Clark
Septima Clark
J.L. Delaine
W.E.B. Du Bois
Medgar Evers
James Farmer
James Forman
Fannie Lou Hamer
Dorothy Height
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Joyce Ladner
James Lawson, Jr.
Herbert Lee
John Lewis
Autherine Lucy
Vivian Malone
Thurgood Marshall
Franklin McCain
Floyd McKissick
James Meredith
Clarence Mitchell
Anne Moody
Robert Moses
Harry T. Moore
Constance Baker
Motley
Elijah Muhammad
Diane Nash
E.D. Nixon
Rosa Parks
Melba Pattillo
Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr.
Albert Raby
A. Philip Randolph
Gloria Richardson
Jo Ann Robinson
Bayard Rustin
Charles Sherrod
Fred Shuttlesworth
Ruby Doris Smith
Emmett Till
C.T. Vivian
Wyatt Tee Walker
Sheyann Webb
Roy Wilkins
Hosea Williams
Andrew Young
White Supporters
Jessie Daniel Ames
Sarah Patton Boyle
Will Campbell
Guy Candawan
William Sloane
Coffin
Jonathan Daniels
John Doar
Clifford Durr
Virginia Durr
Andrew Goodman
Jack Greenberg
Sandra “Casey”
Hayden
Myles Horton
Frank Johnson, Jr.
Nicholas Katzenbach
Robert Kennedy
Mary King
Stanley Levison
Viola Liuzzo
Allard Lowenstein
Burke Marshall
A.J. Muste
James Peck
Joseph Rauh
James Reeb
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mickey Schwerner
John Seigenthaler
Lillian Smith
Harry Truman
J. Waties Waring
Earl Warren
Bob Zellner
James Zwerg
Civil Rights Foes
Ross Barnett
Theodore Bilbo
Sam Bowers
Harry Byrd, Sr.
Bob Chambliss
Jim Clark
Bull Connor
Harold Cox
James Eastland
Sam Ervin, Jr.
Orval Faubus
J. Edgar Hoover
James J. Kilpatrick
Lester Maddox
John Patterson
Laurie Pritchett
Richard Russell
Robert Shelton
William Simmons
Howard W. Smith
Strom Thurmond
George Wallace
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F. Book Review
Read one of the following books by a participant in or scholar of the civil rights movement, and
prepare a typed summary & analysis of it:
Stephen Whitfield, A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till, 1988
Douglas Brinkley, Rosa Parks, 2000
David Garrow, ed., The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It:
The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, 1987
Marshall Frady, Martin Luther King, Jr., 2002
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, 1998
James Farmer, Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement, 1985
Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry, 1994
William Doyle, An American Insurrection, 2001
Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can’t Wait, 1964
David Garrow, The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr., 1981
Sheyann Webb & Rachel West Nelson, Selma, Lord, Selma, 1980
Frank Sikora, Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case, 1991
Stokely Carmichael, Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael, 2003
Adam Nossiter, Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers, 1994
William Bradford Huie, Three Lives for Mississippi, 1965
Kay Mills, This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, 1993
Anne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi, 1968
Sally Belfrage, Freedom Summer, 1965
H. Rap Brown, Die Nigger Die! A Political Autobiography, 1969
G.
Institutional history
Write a report on one of the civil rights organizations or white supremacist groups listed
below:
Civil Rights Organizations
ACMHR
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
CCCO
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
Highlander Folk School
LCCR
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
MIA
Montgomery Improvement Association
Operation Breadbasket
NCNW
National Council of Negro Women
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Women’s Political Council
White Supremacist Groups
Imperial Klans of America
National Association for the Supremacy of White People
United Klans of America
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White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens’ Councils
H. Film review
Watch one of the movies about the civil rights era, and then summarize & analyze what these
historical dramas tell us about the civil rights movement and/or race relations in the mid-20th
century. Other titles are certainly possible, but check with the instructor before proceeding.
Once Upon a Time . . .
When We Were Colored
Black Like Me
A Soldier’s Story
The Color Purple
Separate But Equal
Driving Miss Daisy
The Vernon Johns Story
Boycott
Long Walk Home
Crisis at Central High
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Ruby Bridges
February One
Ghosts of Mississippi
4 Little Girls
Sins of the Father
Mississippi Burning
Freedom Song
Selma, Lord, Selma
In the Heat of the Night
Malcolm X
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
I.
Personal interview
Locate & interview someone who participated in the civil rights movement, and write a 3-5
page report on your findings. You might, for example, interview a marcher, an organizer, a
rioter, a student who was bused for racial reasons, and so on.
J.
Battle of Ole Miss documents
Use the John F. Kennedy Library website to write a report on James Meredith’s integration of
Ole Miss.
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K.
Selma documents
Go the Canisius library archives (2nd floor) and ask archivist Kathleen Delano to examine all
of the materials relating to the trip that Canisius priests & students made in support of civil
rights in Selma, Alabama, in March 1965. Using as many different kinds of documents as
possible, write a report on what you learn.
L.
Chatroom report
Go online (https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/sncc-list) to “eavesdrop” on veterans
of the civil rights movement as they reminisce about the movement and muse about the
problems that remain unsolved. You may come across some significant veterans, including
Julian Bond, Connie Curry, Gloria Richardson Dandridge, Joyce Ladner, Penny Patch, and
Bob Zellner. Write a paper based on information presented and insights gleaned in this
chatroom.
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Paper Grading
Papers whose characteristics mostly fit within one of the following categories will receive that
corresponding grade. Note that a paper need not exhibit every characteristic of a category to receive the
grade for that category.
“A”
*addresses the chosen topic head-on
*clearly organized
*well written
*analytical
*plenty of specific information
*abundant first-person quotations, clearly identified
*few errors: factual, typographical, spelling, or
grammatical
“B”
*mostly addresses the chosen topic
*reasonably well organized
*reasonably well written
*some analysis
*some specific information
*some first-person quotations, some identified
*some errors
“C”
*somewhat addresses the chosen topic
*lacks consistent organization
*mediocre/flat writing
*little, if any, analysis
*rather general presentation
*few, if any, first-person quotations, mostly unidentified
*noticeable errors: factual, typographical, spelling, or
grammatical
*barely meets minimum length
“D”
*half-hearted effort
*descriptive, rather than analytical
*weak writing
*lengthy secondary quotations, mostly unidentified
*significant errors of varying kinds
*fails to meet minimum length
“F”
*addresses an irrelevant topic
*disorganized or confused
*very sloppy
*very short
*paraphrased or plagiarized
Grading
The instructor takes grading seriously and uses several methods to determine quiz/test & paper grades.
Do not tell the instructor the grade you “need.” You will receive the grade you have earned. That said,
the instructor is certainly willing to discuss the grades assigned.
Papers, presentations, and final exams that are detailed, comprehensive, inclusive of relevant materials,
and analytical, will be rewarded handsomely. The instructor reserves the right to make modest
adjustments in numerically-derived final grades based on the student performance in the final exam and
discussion.
No unsolicited work for extra credit will be accepted.
Students who do not complete all assignments and take the final exam will fail the entire course.
Final grades will not be displayed publicly because federal law forbids it, and will only become
available when the registrar posts them on-line. The instructor will not give students their final grade;
that is the responsibility of the registrar. Students with questions about their final grades must see the
instructor in his office; he will not respond to email queries about grading.
Papers, reports, and exams that are detailed, comprehensive, inclusive of relevant materials, and
analytical, will be rewarded handsomely.
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To support grades assigned, the instructor will provide commentary on written work and numerical
scores, class ranking, and percentage of correct answers on quizzes. Students may inquire about their
grades on any given assignment or about the course grade, but such requests must be made in person,
rather than by email.
Cultural Enrichment (subject to availability)
A unique feature of this course will be the extraordinary opportunities offered for cultural enrichment.
Everyone will be given an opportunity to attend at least one of the following performances/presentation:
Date
F FEB 5
Su FEB 28
Sa MAR 6
Sa MAR 20
W APR 7
Time
8:00 pm
4:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Place
UB’s Center for the Arts
Paul Robeson Theatre
Ujima Theatre
UB’s Center for the Arts
UB’s Center for the Arts
Speaker/Event
Cornel West
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Belle
Jazz with Wynton Marsalis
Buddy Guy
Affiliation/Event
Princeton University
Lincoln Center
Chicago rock guitarist
(Students interested in obtaining tickets must make a nonrefundable payment of $5/ticket.)
Field Trip
To tour many historic sites connected to the civil rights movement, there will be an unforgettable 9-day
trip to the Deep South over spring break. [See rough itinerary below.] Several people who either
witnessed or helped shape key events in the movement may meet our group. The Peter Canisius
Distinguished Professorship in the African American Experience will subsidize much of the trip,
including roundtrip airfare to Memphis, ground transportation (van), lodging, admission fees and tours,
some dinners, and some entertainment. About ten (10) Canisius students will go on the trip. If more than
ten students express interest in going, a lottery may be conducted. A nonrefundable deposit of $200 must
be paid by F FEB 12th. Once the students have been chosen, there will be mandatory orientation
sessions.
Date
R APR 1
F APR 2
S APR 3
S APR 4
M APR 5
T APR 6
Place
Buffalo-Memphis (jet)
Memphis-Nashville
Atlanta-Albany
Albany-Montgomery
Selma & Birmingham
Tuscaloosa & Philadelphia
W APR 7
R APR 8
F APR 9
Jackson & Mississippi Delta
Oxford & Little Rock
Little Rock-Buffalo (jet)
Sites (Sampling)
National Civil Rights Museum & Mason Temple
Fisk University & American Baptist Seminary
Martin Luther King’s home, church, grave
Tuskegee University & Dexter Avenue Church
Edmund Pettus Bridge & 16th Street Church
Foster Auditorium
& murder route of Schwerner, Chaney, Goodman
Medgar Evers’ home & Emmitt Till store
Ole Miss & Central High School
See this website for more information on civil rights sites:
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/home.htm
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm
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Book prize
The student who writes the best term paper will receive a free copy of a civil rights book of his/her
choosing.
Service/Seamless Learning
In the spirit of civil rights activism and as part of the College’s new emphasis on service/seamless
learning, students may volunteer to (a) assist a local civil rights organization or (b) work on a social
justice project. For specific options, please see Sr. Pat Brady of the Office of Service Learning for more
details. All service must receive PRIOR approval from the instructor. It is important to remember that no
one is required to undertake or complete this option and that you are NOT representing Canisius
College. Students who complete at least 12 hours of service and submit a (brief) confirmatory letter
from a supervisor, along with a typed report on time worked and action performed will receive a course
bonus of 5 percent.
Civil Rights Organizations
NAACP
Buffalo Urban League
884-7242
854-7625
apollo3.com/~naacp
buffalourban.org
Social Justice Projects
Organization
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
http://www.bgcbuffalo.org/
Buffalo City Mission
http://www.buffalocitymission.org/site/PageServer
Buffalo Weed & Seed Initiative
http://www.buffaloweedandseed.com/contactus.html
Character Academy
Address
Contact Info
124 Elmwood Ave.
783-7187
Buffalo NY 14201
100 E. Tupper St.
854-8181
Buffalo NY 14203
218 City Hall
851-4287
Buffalo NY 14202
618 Jefferson Ave.
852-5502
Buffalo NY 14202
ext. 107
Coalition for Economic Justice
237 Main St.
892-5877
http://www.buffalojwj.org/
Buffalo NY 14203
CRUCIAL Human Services
230 Moselle St.
895-8891
Buffalo NY 14211
Flare (Fillmore-Leroy Area Residents)
307 Leroy Ave.
838-6740
http://flarebuffalo.org/
Buffalo NY 14214
Friends to the Elderly, Youth & Family Center
118 E. Utica St.
882-0602
Buffalo NY 14209
Gloria J. Parks Community Center
3242 Main St.
832-1010
http://uhcda.org/web/
Buffalo NY 14214
None Like You
595 Sycamore St.
852-2987
http://www.freewebs.com/nonelikeyoubuffalo/index.htm Buffalo NY 14212
Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo
1313 Main St.
876-8991
http://www.literacybuffalo.org/
Buffalo NY 14209
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
1298 Main St.
882-3360
http://www.svdpwny.org/
Buffalo NY 14209
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Course Schedule [This schedule is subject to change depending on local weather conditions, the pace of presentations and discussions, and the instructor’s health and other professional obligations.]
Dates
T JAN 19
Topics
United States of Lyncherdom
R JAN 21
Speaker
Readings/Documents/Websites
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 1-9
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 1-11
Multi-Media
Promises Betrayed
Ethnic Notions
Setting the Stage
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 13-19
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 15-21
T JAN 26
Plessy is No More
W JAN 27
R JAN 28
T FEB 2
The Civil Rights Movement:
A Legacy for the 21st Century
Up South
Wolf Whistle
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 20-28, 137-138
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 22-31, 140-141
http://www.nps.gov/archive/brvb/home.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/reflect/r04_nash.html
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in
Four Voices
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
Adam Clayton Powell
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs &
Freedom
Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy
of Harry T. Moore
The Road to Brown
Thurgood Marshall: Portrait of an
American Hero
R FEB 4
Weary Feet, Rested Souls
T FEB 9
Foot Soldiers
R FEB 11
Inside Agitators
T FEB 16
R FEB 18
PRESIDENT’S DAY
Little Rock Crisis
T FEB 23
The Media’s Morality Play
R FEB 25
Sit-ins
Diane Nash
Thomas Sugrue, Sweet Land of Liberty, pp. 130-162*
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 26-27
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 28-29
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 41-51
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 43-53
Lynne Olson, Freedom’s Daughters:
The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement, 1830-1970,
pp. 132-150, 213-224*
Constance Curry, Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the
Freedom Movement, pp. 3-35*
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 29-37, 139
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 32-40, 142
Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry, all
Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff, The Race Beat: The Press,
the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation, pp. 143-183*
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 52-60
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 54-62
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 11-117
Lynne Olson, Freedom’s Daughters: The Unsung Heroines
of the Civil Rights Movement, 1830-1970, pp. 151-162*
The Murder of Emmett Till
Awakenings
“Fundi”: The Story of Ella Baker
Fighting Back
Ain’t Scared of Your Jails
“I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome
Table”
“We Shall Not Be Moved”
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Dates
Topics
T MAR 2
Freedom Rides
R MAR 4
Radio Free Dixie
T MAR 9
The Last Battle of the Civil War
Speaker
Hank Thomas?
Readings/Documents/Websites
http://www.sitins.com/
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 61-68, 140-141
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 63-70, 143-144
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 121-174
Lynne Olson, Freedom’s Daughters: The Unsung Heroines
of the Civil Rights Movement, 1830-1970, pp. 182-199*
Eric Etheridge, Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961
Mississippi Freedom Riders, selection
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_riders.html
Timothy Tyson, “Robert F. Williams, ‘Black Power,’ and the Roots of the
African American Freedom Struggle,” 30 pgs.*
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 69-74
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 71-77
Multi-Media
Ain’t Scared of Your Jails
“If You Miss Me from the Back of
the Bus”
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and
Black Power
Fighting Back
Frank Lambert, Battle of Ole Miss: Civil Rights v. States’ Rights
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_schools.html
R MAR 11
T MAR 16
Albany Movement
Bombingham
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 75-81, 141-144
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 78-86, 144-147
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 177-200
http://www.bcri.org/index.html
R MAR 18
Standing in the Door
T MAR 23
A Drum Major for Justice
R MAR 25
The March on Washington
T MAR 30
Birmingham Church Bombing
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 81-83
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 84-85
Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can’t Wait, all
Michael Eric Dyson, I May Not Get There with You:
The True Martin Luther King, Jr., pp. 11-50*
http://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm
http://www.thekingcenter.com/
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/
BJD, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 84-92, 144-145
BJD, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 87-95, 147-148
Lucy Barber, “‘In the Great Tradition’: The March on Washington
for Jobs and Freedom,” 37 pgs.*
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 201-227
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_washington.html
Frank Sikora, Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church
Bombing Case, all
No Easy Walk
Too Close to Heaven: The Story of
Gospel Music
The Songs are Free
“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn
Me ’Round”
“I Woke Up This Morning with
My Mind on Freedom”
Mighty Times: The Children’s
March
George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on
Fire
Citizen King
King: From Montgomery to Memphis
Brother Outsider
No Easy Walk
“We Shall Overcome”
4 Little Girls
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Dates
R APR 1
T APR 6
R APR 8
T APR 13
Topics
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
Mississippi Goddamn
Speaker
Readings/Documents/Websites
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 95-107, 146-150
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 99-111, 149-153
Unita Blackwell, Barefootin’: Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom, all
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 228-290
R APR 15
Bloody Sunday
Charlie Cobb
Elizabeth Sutherland, eds., Letters from Mississippi, selection*
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_summer.html
http://www.crmvet.org/
http://www.usm.edu/crdp/html/transcripts.shtml
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/FreedomNow/
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 108-120
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 112-124
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 291-347
Multi-Media
Mississippi: Is This America?
Freedom on My Mind
“This Little Light of Mine”
“Oh, Freedom”
Bridge to Freedom
Sisters of Selma
http://www.nvrm.org/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_march.html
T APR 20
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 123-131, 145,
150-153
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 127-132, 148-149, 153-156
Look Out, Whitey!
The Nation
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 348-374
H. Rap Brown, Die, Nigger, Die, pgs. 47-74*
R APR 22
Chicago Freedom Movement
T APR 27
Death of the Dreamer
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 125
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 129
Two Societies
Malcolm: Make It Plain
Black Panthers
Two Societies
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_chicago.html
R APR 29
Liberal Experiments
T MAY 4
A Colorblind Society?
R MAY 6
Buffalo Today
*will be available on Angel
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp.
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 132-134
The Promised Land
At the River I Stand
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 375-401
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_poor.html
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 405-475
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_bakke.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_boston.html
Keys to the Kingdom
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2004), pp. 132-133, 153
Bruce Dierenfield, The Civil Rights Movement (2008), pp. 134-137, 156
Brenda McDuffie
Beyond the Color Line
True Colors
Skin Deep
Racism 101
Little Rock Central
A Southern Town
YouTube: A Girl Like Me
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