Week 5
Tuesday, February 6 Lecture on historical methods and the "history wars." Reflections on draft secondary school history standards. Assignment: Selections from Eyes on the Prize Reader:

Chapter Four: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, Original text of Speech by Lewis Chapter Seven: Message to the Grass Roots, Lowndes County Freedom pamphlet, How the BPP was organized, What We Want, Chapter Nine: The Founding of the BPP and Patrolling, Seize the Time, Chapter Ten: Conversation with MLK, I See the Promised Land

Thursday, February 8 Writing workshop with Char Simons: Crafting an opening.and mid-quarter reflection. Assignment: Selections from Eyes on the Prize Reader: Chapter Eleven: We Must Pave the Way, and National Black Political Agenda, Chapter Twelve: Search and Destroy, and The FBI Efforts to Disrupt, Chapter Thirteen: Regents of the U. of C v. Bakke, Marshall’s dissent in Bakke, Whites Say . . .

Saturday, February 10, 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Film Festival and lecture on the labor movement as a force for broad social change. Films: Labor's Turning Point, Strikestory, With Babies and Banners, and Union Maids. Note location change: Seminar II C1105.