Fall
2008
African
American Studies 3362, Up From Slavery,
section 3457; and
Anthropology 4930, Up
From Slavery, section 9762.
Periods (2-3 and 3): Tuesdays, 8:30
am 10:25
am, Turlington 2328;
Thursday, 9:35 10:25 am, Turlington 2334
Instructor:
Dr. Willie L. Baber
Office Hours: Tuesdays and
Thursday 10:30 am
12:00 pm, or by appointment, B133 Turlington Hall, 392-7887, e-mail: wbaber@anthro.ufl.edu
Course
Description:
An
analysis of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery; knowledge of its
historical
and social context including early evolutionism and reactions to early
evolutionary theory and methods; analysis of economic and social change.
Prerequisite: AFA 2000. In
order to understand
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course you will have critically engaged and learned the following:
1. that the impact of Booker T. Washington in American Society and the world is largely reflections of both early evolutionism and universalism, leading to the 1896 Supreme Court Decision "separate but equal" [races].
2. varying perspectives on the "race" politics of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Dubois.
3. the decline of early evolutionism and the rise of social protests, leading to the Brown versus Board of Education 1954 Supreme Court decision.
4.
why Up From Slavery
is a
classic work related directly to early evolutionism and universalism.
5.
why Souls of Black Folk
is a
classic work and a refutation of early evolutionism as race
hierarchy.
6.
critical
thinking and writing skills
related to understanding
Booker T. Washington, W. E.
B. Du Bois,
and early 20th century
race relations.
Required Texts (Available at
Orange &
Blue Textbooks,
Washington, Booker T (edited by
William L.
Andrews), Up From Slavery, Norton Critical Edition, 1995.
Patterson, James T., Brown
versus Board of
Education,
Jacqueline Fear-Segal,
Nineteenth-Century Indian
Education: Universalism versus
Evolutionism, Journal of American Studies, 33(1999), 323-341,
Gordon Rule
Composition
Requirement [E2]: The Gordon
Rule Composition requirement
ensures students both maintain their fluency in writing and use writing
as a
tool to facilitate learning. To accomplish this end, they must
complete
[2,000/4,000/6,000] written words on assignments during the semester,
excluding
exam essay questions and informal, ungraded writing assignments. This is a Gordon Rule 2000 course (E2),
requiring you to submit a draft of your eight-page essay before your
final
draft is graded.
Attendance
Policy:
Students are
expected to attend all sessions of this course.
Make-up exam policy: You must have a legitimate excuse, such as a doctors note, if you miss an exam. All make-up exams will be essay format.
Cell phone policy: Please turn off or use manners mode on all cell phones.
Special
Accommodations Policy:
Students
requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of
Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation
to the
student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when
requesting accommodation.
Grading
system:
Course participation,
preparation and
attendance.............50
First
exam.................................................................................. 50
Short essay related to
Washington and Du
Bois............... 50
Second
exam.............................................................
................ 50
Total
points
200
Grading scale: 90-100% =A,
88-89% = B,
80-87% = B, 78-79% = C+, 70-77% = C, 68-69% = D+, 60-67% = D.
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Part I: Up From Slavery and Early Evolutionism
1. August 25: Orientation
and Definition of Key Terms
Early evolutionism, universalism, race, culture and society (at the turn of the last century).
2. August 27: Booker T.
Washington National Monument,
3.
Sept. 2/4: Evolutionism and
Universalism
Reading: Jacqueline Fear-Segal,
"Nineteenth-Century Indian Education:
Universalism versus Evolutionism," Available on-line at http://courses.temple.edu/neighbor/Hampton&Carlisle.pdf
(please note the capital H and C)
4. Sept. 9/11:
Reconstruction,
Race,
and "Progress."
5. Sept. 16/18: The
6. Sept. 23/25: Up From Slavery: Social Context and Letters
7. September
30/October 2:
The
Souls of Black Folk
Part II:
Race Politics and Booker T. Washington
8. October 7/9: Critics,
Part A
Kelly Miller, pp. 185 - 192,
August Meier, pp. 192
- 204, Louis R. Harlan, pp. 204 - 219, all in Up From Slavery.
Jacqueline M. Moore, Chapters 1 and 2: Jim Crow and the Rise of Segregation.
9. October
14: Critics,
Part B
Sidonie Smith, pp. 219 - 239,
Jacqueline M. Moore, Chapters 3 and 4: The Du Bois and Washington conflict.
First exam,
October 16, 2007 (covers material through October 9th).
10. October
21/23: Alternatives
to Washington and Du Bois
Jacqueline M. Moore, Chapter 5.
Part III:
Economic and Social
Change: Brown vs. Board of Education
11. October
28/30:
Race and
Schools Before the Brown Decision
Patterson, chapters 1 and 2.
12. November 4/6:
Reversal of Plessy versus
Patterson, chapter 3 and 4
13. November
11/13:
New
Racial Tactics: "Communism" as
Racial Equality, and Cold War Politics.
Patterson, chapters 5 and 6.
14. November 18/25:
Response
to New Racial Tactics: Racial Balance
and "Affirmative Action."
Patterson, chapters 7 and 8.
Note: I
will attend the American Anthropological Association Meeting; the
November 20 class session is cancelled.
15. December
2/4:
Legacies
and Lessons learned
Thanksgiving, November 27, 2008
The December 4th
session will include course
evaluation and a review for the second exam.
December 9, 2007, second exam.
Your essay is due by the final exam
date for this course, December 17, 2008.