Books:
- Thomas F. Gossett, Race: The History of an Idea in America
- Kevin Mumford, Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America (American History and Culture) NYU Press, 2008 (308 pp).
- W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
- Juan Williams, Julian Bond (introduction by), Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (African American History (Penguin, 1988) (Paperback) (320pp)
Compendia on Classfronter:
- John Hope Franklin, “The Two Worlds of Race: A Historical View” in Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938-1988.
- Takaki, A Different Mirror (Ch 4, 8, 9)
- Peggy Pascoe, “ Miscegenation Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of ‘Race’ in Twentieth-Century America,” in Sollars, Interracialism
- Intro and “The Problem: Discrimination” pp 5-19 in Paula S. Rothenberg, Race, Class, & Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study, 2nd ed.
Primary Sources on the Internet:
- Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html
- Booker T. Washington, “Speech to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition” http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/btwashington.html
- Booker T. Washington, “Speech to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition” http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/btwashington.html
- Booker T. Washington, “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are,” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/88
- Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/
- Booker T. Washington, Making the Atlanta Compromise http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/86
- Booker T. Washington, “Equal and Exact Justice to Both Races,” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/87
- W.E.B. DuBois Critiques Booker T. Washington: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/40
- “Durable White Supremacy,” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5317
- Richard Wright, Autobigraphical Sketch: http://newdeal.feri.org/fwp/fwp03.htm
- Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream speech: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/mlkpapers/
- Kerner Report Recommendations http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6546
- Kerner Report Excerpts http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545
- Kerner Report Assesses Media coverage http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6553
- Kerner Report discussions, http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6465
- Academics react to the Kerner Report http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6470
- “Mr. Local Custom Must Die” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6252
- US. PHS Study, Tuskegee http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tuskegee/time.htm
- Tuskegee Tragedy http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/tuskegee_quest.html
- History of Jim Crow, http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm and http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hsesjimcrowlaws.htm
- Barack Obama speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, (In Say it Plain
- as well) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/demconvention/speeches/obama.html
- AIM http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6897
- NAGPRA http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/index.htm
- Chinese comments http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6618
- Pachukos in the Making http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5155
- Barack Obama: 'A More Perfect Union' (Full Speech) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo
Required Field Trip:
- Holocaust og Livssynsmuseum, Oslo (Especially first floor exhibit on Science and Racial Thought)
Optional Film:
- Roots
Required Reference Works: (Can be found on Fronter)
- James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr., “Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism,” Chapter 6 in Writing Research Papers, 11th Ed. (NY: Pearson Longman, 2005).