Books:
- Juan Williams, Julian Bond (introduction by), Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (African American History) (Penguin, 1988).
- Horace Huntley and John W. McKerley, eds. Foot Soldiers for Democracy: The Men, Women, and Children of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement (University of Illinois Press, 2009). 264 pp.
- Rachel F. Moran, Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance (University of Chicago Press, 2001).
Articles online:
- C. Elizabeth Hirsh and Sabino Kornrich, “The Context of Discrimination: Workplace Conditions, Institutional Environments, and Sex and Race Discrimination Charges,” The American Journal of Sociology 113:5 (March 2008) 1394-1432.
- Dennis Chong and Dukhong Kim, “The Experiences and Effects of Economic Status Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities,” The American Political Science Review 100:3 (Aug 2006) 335-351.
- Jessica Blatt, “’To Bring Out the Best That is in Their Blood’: Race, Reform, and Civilization in the Journal of Race Development (1910-1919),” Ethnic and Racial Studies 27:5 (2004) 691-709.
- Peter D’Agostino, “Craniums, Criminals, and the ‘Cursed Race’: Italian Anthropology in American Racial Thought, 1861-1924,” Comparative Studies in Society and History 44:2 (Apr 2002) 319-343.
- Douglas Hartmann, Joseph Gerteis, Paul R. Croll, “An Empirical Assessment of Whiteness Theory: Hidden from How Many?” Social Problems 56:3 (Aug 2009) 403-424.
- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and David Dietrich, “The Sweet Enchantment of Color-Blind Racism in Obamerica” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 634:1 (2011) 190-206.
Internet
- Barack Obama speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, (In Say it Plain also) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/demconvention/speeches/obama.html
- Barack Obama: 'A More Perfect Union' (Full Speech) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo
Required Field Trip: Holocaust og livsynsmuseum visit (Bygd?y)
Some suggestions for Independent work: Find primary sources online
- Jena Six
- Moynihan Report
- Kerner Report
- Tuskegee
- Loving v. Virginia
- Interracial dating
- Hate Crime laws
- Reparations
- Repatriation movement
- American Indian Movement
Films (Optional, but highly recommended):
- Roots
- Blood in the Face
Optional Background reading, book
- Thomas F. Gossett, Race: The History of an Idea in America, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press, 1997).
Optional Background reading on Fronter_
- 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