Tentative Course Schedule
Note: Syllabus is subject to change; however, I will always alert you to any changes.
Weekly Schedule
Week 1
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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August 27 |
TR |
Course Introduction |
Week 2
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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September 3 |
TR |
African American Rhetorical Traditions |
On African American Rhetoric by Adam Banks and Keith Gilyard |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
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Week 3
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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September 10 |
TR |
African American Rhetorical Traditions |
Afro-American Jeremiad by David Howard-Pitney Film- King in The Wilderness. Director: Peter Kunhardt. |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 4
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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September 17 |
TR |
Black Linguistics |
Linguistic Justice by April Baker-Bell Film- The E-Word: Ebonics, Race, and Language Politics Producer: Jonathan Gayles |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 5
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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September 24 |
TR |
The Black Church |
The Divided Mind of the Black Church by Raphael G. Warnock Film- Eyes on The Prize (Part 1): Awakenings 1954-1956 Americas Civil Rights Movement |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 6
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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October 1 |
TR |
The Rhetoric of Violence |
Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity by Ursula Ore Film- Mississippi Burning. Director: Alan Parker. |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 7
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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October 8 |
TR |
Criminal Justice |
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. Film- Just Mercy. Director: Destin Daniel Cretton |
Reading Response due on Blackboard Open-Book Exam #1 due by Monday Oct. 12th by Midnight |
Week 8
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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October 15 |
TR |
Literacy Studies |
Fashioning Lives by Eric Pritchard Film- Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 9
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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October 22 |
TR |
Rhetoric and Technology |
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Crow by Ruha Benjamin |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 10
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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October 29 |
TR |
Contemporary Discourses |
Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Film- I Am Not Your Negro. Director: Raoul Peck. |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 11
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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Nov. 5 |
TR |
Black Feminism |
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper Film- The Color Purple. Director: Steven Spielberg. |
Week 12
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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Nov. 12 |
TR |
Black Feminism and Music |
The Lemonade Reader: Beyoncé, Black Feminism, and Spirituality 1st Edition by Kinitra D. Brooks and Kameelah L. Martin Film- Lemonade. Directors: Kahlil Joseph, Beyoncé |
Reading Response due on Blackboard |
Week 13
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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Nov. 19 |
TR |
Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness by Reynaldo Anderson, Charles E. Jones, et al. Film- Cosmic Slop, “The Space Traders.” Directors: Reginald Hudlin, Warrington Hudli |
Final Essay Proposal Due at Midnight. Open Book Exam #2 due by Midnight |
Week 14
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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Nov. 26 |
TR |
Thanksgiving Break |
Week 15
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Date |
Day |
Topic of Discussion |
Reading Due |
Homework Due |
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Dec. 3 |
TR |
Black Comedy |
Furiously Funny by Terrence Tucker Film- Analyzing White America. Paul Mooney. |
Final Exam Essay due by Dec. 14th at Midnight. |