Week Six: February 12

Seminar on Williams and

Films: Two segments from Eyes on the Prize

What's Due? Paper on Williams:
Using the National Labor Relations Act's preamble (Sec. 1) as inspiration, write a preamble for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, using Eyes on the Prize as your key text. Annotate your preamble with facts and interpretation from the book, using footnotes.

Also:Bakke Shepardizing Assignment. Find an employment discrimination case that cites Bakke -- one that has not been overturned. Read the case and note how it uses Bakke, and prepare some notes to present your research in class.

Announcement: A bill has been introduced to restore race as a factor in college admissions. Read it here in the House and Senate versions.

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