The below schedule of assignments is subject to change. By now, you’re used to be hearing folks tell you be flexible, but nevertheless, I’ll say it again. Be flexible. I may need to make adjustments to the assignment requirements and/or due dates. Know that whatever changes I make will be in the service of accessibility, feasibility, and continuity. If I add a reading that seems more conducive to a remote discussion (i.e. a short story that accompanies a film), I will also cut another assignment in order to ensure that the expected workload doesn’t increase.
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Date
Readings
Notes
1/18
Introduction
“I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” (April 3, 1968, Memphis, TN) by Martin Luther King Jr. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. AFSCME.org. <https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk/mountaintop> Accessed 1/17/22
Getting to Know You
First Day
1/20
“I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” (April 3, 1968, Memphis, TN) by Martin Luther King Jr. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. AFSCME.org. <https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk/mountaintop> Accessed 1/17/22
Course Policies, Goals & Contract
1/25
Read Everything
(Wed., Jan 26 is the last day to add/drop online.)
- Annotation Exercise : Paragraph of King speech
- Look over “read” the different readings on syllabus to get a sense of what text you might want to work on for your final project.
- Prepare for Quiz on Course Policies and Syllabus
1/27
Read Everything
Choose Final Project Groups
2/8
“Color Struck” by Zora Neale Hurston in Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (1926): 7-14. (An interactive scan of Fire!! is available online via the POC Zine Project’s issuu site.)
Quiz
2/10
“Color Struck” by Zora Neale Hurston in Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (1926): 7-14. (An interactive scan of Fire!! is available online via the POC Zine Project’s issuu site.)
Post Group C
Solidify Final Project Groups
2/15
“White Rat.” In Gayl Jones’ short story collection White Rat. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1991. Available on Internet Archive at <https://archive.org/details/whiteratshortsto00jone/mode/2up?view=theater>
(Last day to drop class in the dean’s office.)
Quiz
2/17
“White Rat.” In Gayl Jones’ short story collection White Rat. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1991. Available on Internet Archive at <https://archive.org/details/whiteratshortsto00jone/mode/2up?view=theater>
Post Group D
2/22
“And Love Them” by Thomas Glave
Ellison, Ralph. “Backwacking, A Plea to the Senator.” The Massachusetts Review 18.3 (Autumn 1977): 411-416. Available via JSTOR. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/25088755?refreqid=excelsior%3Abd2515cf2720cbd07f27ee9e19080618&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents> BC Login Credentials Required.
Quiz
2/24
“And Love Them” by Thomas Glave
Ellison, Ralph. “Backwacking, A Plea to the Senator.” The Massachusetts Review 18.3 (Autumn 1977): 411-416. Available via JSTOR. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/25088755?refreqid=excelsior%3Abd2515cf2720cbd07f27ee9e19080618&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents> BC Login Credentials Required.
Post Group E
Post Group G
Final Project Pre-Proposal Paragraph Due Saturday, 2/26 by 12:00 pm (noon)
3/1
Jones, Edward P. “The First Day” and “A Butterfly on F St.” The Lost City. Accessible via Internet Archive. Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/lostincitystorie00jone_1/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater>
Optional: Jones, Edward P. “The Lost City” The Lost City. Accessible via Internet Archive. Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/lostincitystorie00jone_1/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater>
Quiz
3/3
Jones, Edward P. “The First Day” and “A Butterfly on F St.” The Lost City. Accessible via Internet Archive. Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/lostincitystorie00jone_1/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater>
Optional: Jones, Edward P. “The Lost City” The Lost City. Accessible via Internet Archive. Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/lostincitystorie00jone_1/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater>
Midterm Journal Assessment Due – Monday, March 7th at Noon (12:00 pm)
3/8
BREAK
3/10
BREAK
3/15
“Sweetness” by Toni Morrison”
“Blackness“ by Jamaica Kincaid
“New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat
“Oh she gotta head fulla hair” by Ntozake Shange
Quiz
3/17
“Sweetness” by Toni Morrison
“Blackness” by Jamaica Kincaid
“New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat
“Oh she gotta head fulla hair” by Ntozake Shange
Project Check In # 1 (Full Proposal) Due by Saturday, March 19 at 12:00 pm (noon)
3/22
“Sweetness” by Toni Morrison”
“Blackness“ by Jamaica Kincaid
“New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat
“Oh she gotta head fulla hair” by Ntozake Shange
Quiz
3/24
“Sweetness” by Toni Morrison
“Blackness” by Jamaica Kincaid
“New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat
“Oh she gotta head fulla hair” by Ntozake Shange
Post Group A
Post Group B
3/29
“Gorilla, My Love.” In Bambara, Toni Cade. Gorilla My Love. New York: Random House, First Vintage Book Edition. 1981,13-20. Digitalized Copy. Internet Archives. archives.org <https://archive.org/details/gorillamylove00bambrich/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater>
Packer, ZZ. “Brownies.” Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. New York: Riverhead Books, Reprint Edition, 2004.
Optional: “The Lesson.” In Bambara, Toni Cade. Gorilla My Love. New York: Random House, First Vintage Books Edition, 1981. 87-96. Digitalized Copy. Internet Archive. <https://archive.org/details/gorillamylove00bambrich/page/86/mode/2up?view=theater>
Quiz
3/31
“Gorilla, My Love.” In Bambara, Toni Cade. Gorilla My Love. New York: Random House, First Vintage Book Edition. 1981,13-20. Digitalized Copy. Internet Archives. archives.org <https://archive.org/details/gorillamylove00bambrich/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater>
Packer, ZZ. “Brownies.” Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. New York: Riverhead Books, Reprint Edition, 2004.
Optional: “The Lesson.” In Bambara, Toni Cade. Gorilla My Love. New York: Random House, First Vintage Books Edition, 1981. 87-96. Digitalized Copy. Internet Archive. <https://archive.org/details/gorillamylove00bambrich/page/86/mode/2up?view=theater>
Post Group C
Post Group D
4/5
“Shift” In Hopkinson, Nalo. Falling in Love with Hominids. San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2015.
“Heads of the Colored People” In Thompson-Spires, Nafissa. Heads of the Colored People: Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 37 Ink, 2018.
Quiz
4/7
“Shift” In Hopkinson, Nalo. Falling in Love with Hominids. San Francisco, CA: Tachyon, 2015.
“Heads of the Colored People” In Thompson-Spires, Nafissa. Heads of the Colored People: Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster, 37 Ink, 2018.
Post Group E
Post Group G
Final Project Check-In # 2 Due by Saturday, 4/9 at 12:00 pm (noon)
4/12
Mock Trials Day 2
Quiz
4/14
NO CLASS – HOLY THURSDAY
4/19
NO CLASS – MONDAY SCHEDULE
4/21
Read Required:
- “upon viewing the death of basquiat” by Mahogany L. Browne
- “Let Me Handle My Business, Damn” by Morgan Parker
- “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. Online. <poetryfoundation.org> Accessed 3/22/22. (You can also find a pdf copy of Brooks’ poem in the Poetry Packet along with the four optional poems for this week.)
Optional: Poetry Packet
- “The Blue Seuss” by Terrance Hayes.
- “Black Arts” by Amiri Baraka
- Excerpt from Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha.
- Excerpt of Ch1 and Ch2 of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric. The Rankine piece, which might not read like poetry to some, is longer (though not compared to the prose pieces we’ve read). In total the packet is 11 pages.
4/26
Read (Required):
- “upon viewing the death of basquiat” by Mahogany L. Browne
- “Let Me Handle My Business, Damn” by Morgan Parker
- “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. Online. <poetryfoundation.org> Accessed 3/22/22. (You can also find a pdf copy of Brooks’ poem in the Poetry Packet along with the four optional poems for this week.)
Optional: Poetry Packet
- “The Blue Seuss” by Terrance Hayes.
- “Black Arts” by Amiri Baraka
- Excerpt from Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha.
- Excerpt of Ch1 and Ch2 of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric. The Rankine piece, which might not read like poetry to some, is longer (though not compared to the prose pieces we’ve read). In total the packet is 11 pages.
Thesis Workshop
Thesis Post Due (Groups A, B, and C) Due by Monday, 4/25 at 4:30 pm
4/28
Thesis Workshop
Thesis Post Due (Groups D, E, G) Due by Wednesday, 4/27 at 4:30 pm
5/3
Exhibit Workshop Day
Last day to submit (albeit with late penalty) outstanding posts, paper drafts, and/or approved revision exercises.
5/6 – 5/9
STUDY DAYS
All Extra credit Opportunities Due Saturday, May 7th by 11:59 pm. (except credit associated with course evaluations)
5/10 – 5/17
EXAMS WEEK
Project Part 1 of 3 Due, Tuesday, May 10 by 11:59 pm.
Project Part 2 of 3 Due Wednesday, May 11 by 11:59 pm.
Project Part 3 of 3 Due Thursday May 12th by 11:59 pm.
Link to : Project Self and Group Assessment Sheet Due Each student must submit a completed form as part of their project grade.