Boston College Department of Political Science Po 298 01 Honors Seminar RACE IN AMERICA Spring Robert Faulkner Office hours: TTh, 4:30-5:45 McGuinn 213; Tel: 552-4178 Books at Bookstore Paul Berman, ed., Debating PC (Dell) Stephen L. Carter, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (Basic) Stanley Crouch, Notes of a Hanging Judge (Oxford) Frederick Douglass, The Narrative and Selected Writings (Modern Library) Abraham Lincoln, Selected Speeches and Writings (Vintage) Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Ballantine) Anna Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror (Anchor) Richard Wright, Black Boy (Harper) Requirements 1 3-4 pp. paper (to be read in class) and 3 3pp. papers (on the thought of Lincoln, of Douglass, and of two other authors we read). The first three papers are due at the last class on that text; the last paper is due on May 2. Schedule of Readings and Discussions Week of: January 24 Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: pp. 3-148, especially those starting on pp. 3, 7, 13, 34, 93, 117, 131. 31 Lincoln, pp. 149-293, esp. the readings starting on pp. 149-190, 200, 233, 240, 275, 282, 284. February 7 Lincoln, pp. 294-458, esp. the readings starting on pp. 300, 335, 338, 343, 345, 348, 368, 373, 405, 418, 427, 449, 454. 14 Frederick Douglass, The Narrative and Selected Writings,
Boston College Department of Political Science Po 298 01 Honors Seminar RACE IN AMERICA Spring Robert Faulkner Office hours: TTh, 4:30-5:45 McGuinn 213; Tel: 552-4178 Books at Bookstore Paul Berman, ed., Debating PC (Dell) Stephen L. Carter, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (Basic) Stanley Crouch, Notes of a Hanging Judge (Oxford) Frederick Douglass, The Narrative and Selected Writings (Modern Library) Abraham Lincoln, Selected Speeches and Writings (Vintage) Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Ballantine) Anna Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror (Anchor) Richard Wright, Black Boy (Harper) Requirements 1 3-4 pp. paper (to be read in class) and 3 3pp. papers (on the thought of Lincoln, of Douglass, and of two other authors we read). The first three papers are due at the last class on that text; the last paper is due on May 2. Schedule of Readings and Discussions Week of: January 24 Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: pp. 3-148, especially those starting on pp. 3, 7, 13, 34, 93, 117, 131. 31 Lincoln, pp. 149-293, esp. the readings starting on pp. 149-190, 200, 233, 240, 275, 282, 284. February 7 Lincoln, pp. 294-458, esp. the readings starting on pp. 300, 335, 338, 343, 345, 348, 368, 373, 405, 418, 427, 449, 454. 14 Frederick Douglass, The Narrative and Selected Writings,
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