Important Notes about the Below Schedule of Assignments
-Readings should be completed in full by the first day they appear on the schedule.
-Posts are due by noon the day before the post is listed on the schedule. All other assignments are due by 8:00 am on the day listed on the schedule unless otherwise noted.
–Post Groups: Odd# Posts: Liv and Tess Even# Posts: Jessica and Kathleen
Schedule of Assignments*
| Date | Readings for Class (should be read before class) | Assignments | |
| Tues, Jan. 17 | Watch: Glover, Donald. “Childish Gambino – This is America (Official Music Video)” (May 5, 2018) YouTube. Accessed Jan. 15, 2019.
Read: Miller, Haley. “Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ Video, Explained.” Black Voices. HuffPost. May 8, 2018. <huffingtonpost.com> Accessed Jan 10, 2019. Watch: “Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ Lyrics Explained | Genius News.” Included in Gosler, Fabian. “This Video Break Down the Lyrics to ‘This is America.'” High Snobiety. May 14, 2018. <highsnobiety.com> Accessed Jan 10, 2019. Watch: “Formation” by Beyonce Watch: “The B.E.A.T.” on Bounce Music Read: Baker, Houston. “Chapter 6.” Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance. Chicago: U of Chicago P., 1987. 49-52. (click link –>) Baker_Ch5_MHR_Form & Deformation |
Intro Post | |
| ANTEBELLUM | |||
| Tues, Jan. 22 | Narrative of the Life of Henry “Box” Brown, Written by Himself | ||
| Thurs, Jan 23 | Narrative of the Life of Henry “Box” Brown, Written by Himself | Post 1 | |
| Tues, Jan. 29 | No Class | ||
| Thurs, Jan 31 | A] Brooks, Daphne. “The Escape Artist: Henry Box Brown, Black Abolitionist Performance, and Moving Panoramas of Slavery.” Book Chapter. In Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performance of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2006.
I have uploaded the chapter in 3 parts. Please make sure you read all the parts:
B] Rusert, Britt. “The Science of Freedom: Counterarchives of Racial Science on the Antebellum Stage.” Special Issue: On Black Performance. African American Review 45:3 (2012): 291-308. |
Post 2 | |
| Tues, Feb 5 | Uncle Tom Multi Media Packet (see post and in class handouts) | ||
| Thurs, Feb 7 | Uncle Tom Multi Media Packet (see post and in class handouts) | Post 3 | |
| Tues, Feb 12 | Uncle Tom Multi Media Packet (see post and in class handouts) |
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| Thurs, Feb 14 | Uncle Tom Multi Media Packet (see post and in class handouts) | Post 4 | |
| Tues, Feb 19 | Read: “Taste, Dissonance, Flavor” by Fred Moten | ||
| TURN OF THE CENTURY | |||
| Thurs, Feb 21 |
“The Fore-Thought”; “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”; “Of the Wings of Atlanta.” “Of the Faith of Our Fathers”; “Of the Sorrow Songs”; and “The After Thought” in The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois Listen: Fisk Jubilee Singers |
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| Tues, Feb 26 | “The Fore-Thought”; “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”; “Of the Wings of Atlanta.” “Of the Faith of Our Fathers”; “Of the Sorrow Songs”; and “The After Thought” in The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois
Listen: Fisk Jubilee Singers |
Post 5 | |
| Wed, Feb 27 | Project Check-in #1 | Project Check-in #1 | |
| T-Th Mar 5-7 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| Tues, Mar 12 | “Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny” and “Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South” in The Conjure Woman by Charles Chesnutt. | ||
| Thurs, Mar 14 | “Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny” and “Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South” in The Conjure Woman by Charles Chesnutt. | Post 6
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| HARLEM RENAISSANCE | |||
| Tues, Mar 19 | On New Negro Renaissance and Performance: Multi Media Packet 2 [see post and in class handouts] | ||
| Thurs, Mar 21 | On New Negro Renaissance and Performance: Multi Media Packet 2 [see post and in class handouts] | Post 7 | |
| Tues, Mar 26 | On New Negro Renaissance and Performance: Multi Media Packet 2 [see post and in class handouts] | ||
| Thurs, Mar 28 | On New Negro Renaissance and Performance: Multi Media Packet 2 [see post and in class handouts]
Project Check In 2 Due by 11:59 pm. |
Post 8
Project check in 2 due: 3/28-11:59 pm |
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| BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT | |||
| Tues, Apr 2 | Sassafras, Cypress, & Indigo
Show & Tell: Domestic Arts Day |
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| Thurs, Apr 4 | Sassafras, Cypress, & Indigo
Watch: Video Clips of Misty Copeland and Prince Watch: Video Clips of Afro Funk Beat group |
Post 9 | |
| Tues, Apr 9 | Sassafras, Cypress, & Indigo
Listen to Select Jazz Recordings Listen to Recording Amiri Baraka |
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| Thurs, Apr 11 | Sassafras, Cypress, & Indigo
Watch Shange Clip Read: Shange Essay |
Post 10 | |
| Tues, Apr 16 | Sassafras, Cypress, & Indigo
Read: Gwendolyn Brooks, June Jordan, Sonia Sanchez Listen: Brooks, Jordan, and Sanchez |
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| Wed, Apr 17 | Project Check In #3 Due by 9:00 am | Project Check In 3 | |
| Thurs, Apr 18 | HOLY THURSDAY NO CLASSES | ||
| PROJECT WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS | |||
| Tues, Apr 23 | PROJECT WORKSHOP 1 | ||
| Thurs, Apr 25 | PROJECT WORKSHOP 2 | Outro Post | |
| Tues, Apr 30
Thurs, May 2 |
PRESENTATION 1
PRESENTATION 2 (Last Day of Class) |
LAST DAY for any and all OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL WORK (including missing posts and optional paper revisions) | |
| Thurs, May 9
Saturday May 11 |
FINAL PROJECTS DUE by 6:00 pm on Thursday, May 9
GROUP AND SELF EVALUATIONS DUE by 9:00 am on Saturday, May 11 |
ALL GROUP PROJECT RELATED WORK DUE |
*The above schedule is subject to change based on the professor’s assessment of the direction of the course discussion. Any changes to the schedule will be made with sensitivity to students’ schedules and work load.
Changes to the schedule will be announced both in class and as a separate post on the class site. If you have questions about due dates or assignment, please contact the professor.
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