Race, Rage, Riots, and Backlash: 20th-Century Protest Movements
CHUM 331
Spring 2012
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| Crosslisting:
HIST 303, AFAM 329, AMST 330 |
This course explores 20th-century protest movements in the United States, with a special focus on the ways in which the visceral racial experiences and emotions of the nation's citizens collided and produced different forms of public rage, rebellion, backlash, and resistance. Using a variety of interdisciplinary primary and secondary documents, we will examine these historical moments to better understand their influence on some of the major political processes of the modern United States. We will also analyze the state's attempt to manipulate and harness racialized community rage. Topics include civil rights, urban uprisings, ethnic and racial nationalism, suburban socioeconomic revolts, religious conservatism, and contemporary political rebellions of the left and the right. How have various protest movements critiqued and shaped modern public institutions and governments? How were these community movements influenced by the calculated maneuvers of the state? Did grassroots rage translate into tangible results and increased power, and if so, for whom? |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
Students will develop interpretive skills by analyzing and evaluating a variety of primary and secondary sources. Course participants will work on a semester-long history research paper, which will involve a significant amount of writing.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(LAST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Name: Ian F. Haney Lopez
Title: WHITE BY LAW
ISBN#: 0814751377
Publisher & Edition: NYU Press (August 1997)
Type: Paperback
Name: Thomas Sugrue
Title: THE ORIGINS OF URBAN CRISIS: RACE AND INEQUALITY IN POSTWAR DETROIT
ISBN#: 0691121869
Publisher & Edition: Princeton University Press (August 2005)
Type: Paperback
Name: Eduardo Obregon Pagan
Title: MURDER AT THE SLEEPY LAGOON: ZOOT SUITS, RACE, AND RIOT IN WARTIME L.A.
ISBN#: 0807854948
Publisher & Edition: UNC Press (September 2006)
Type: Paperback
Name: Jason Sokol
Title: THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING: WHITE SOUTHERNERS IN THE AGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, 1945-1975
ISBN#: 0307275507
Publisher & Edition: Vintage (August 2007)
Type: Paperback
Name: Thomas Edsall & Mary Edsall
Title: CHAIN REACTION: THE IMPACT OF RACE, RIGHTS, AND TAXES ON AMERICAN POLITICS
ISBN#: 0393309037
Publisher & Edition: W.W. Norton & Company (August 1992)
Type: Paperback
Name: Clayborne Carson
Title: IN STRUGGLE: SNCC AND THE BLACK AWAKENING OF THE 1960S
ISBN#: 0674447271
Publisher & Edition: Harvard University Press (April 1995)
Type: Paperback
Name: Kevin Kruse
Title: WHITE FLIGHT: ATLANTA AND THE MAKING OF MODERN CONSERVATISM
ISBN#: 0691133867
Publisher & Edition: Princeton University Press (July 2007)
Type: Paperback
Name: Ronald Formisano
Title: BOSTON AGAINST BUSING: RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY IN THE 1960S AND 1970S
ISBN#: 080785526X
Publisher & Edition: UNC Press (2nd edition, December 2003)
Type: Paperback
Name: Thomas Sugrue
Title: NOT EVEN PAST: BARACK OBAMA AND THE BURDEN OF RACE
ISBN#: 0691137307
Publisher & Edition: Princeton University Press (April 2010)
Type: Hardcover
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly response papers, 2 short papers, 1 long research paper |
| Instructor(s): Wright,Leah M. Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: CFH106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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