This page contains the primary documents you will be reading throughout the semester. You must complete the readings by the first session of each week. Highlighted authors are linked to sites that will give you background material on who wrote each of these passages (but are not part of the required reading).
WEEK 1
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"A RED RECORD" (1895) | |
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION ADDRESS (1895) | |
OF MR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND OTHERS |
WEEK 3
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LIVING AND DYING IN PACKINGTOWN, CHICAGO from THE JUNGLE (1905) |
WEEK 5
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THE GRAPES OF WRATH: CHAPTER 1 (1939) |
WEEK 6
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THE
NEW DEAL AND THE IDEA OF THE STATE
by Alan Brinkley |
WEEK 7
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AFRICAN
AMERICANS AND WORLD WAR II: A FIFTH COLUMN? (1942)
by Arthur Caylor |
WEEK 8
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TRUMAN'S DECISION TO DROP
THE BOMB
by Harry Truman |
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A SURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT OF
THE HIROSHIMA BLAST (1945)
by Hiroko Nakamoto |
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HIROSHIMA: WAS IT NECESSARY? |  |
LONG TELEGRAM (1946) |
WEEK 9
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COMMUNISTS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE (1950) |
WEEK 10
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THE PROBLEM THAT HAS NO NAME |  |
UP FROM THE POTATO FIELDS
(1950)
Time Magazine |
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"'LEAVE IT TO BEAVER' AND 'OZZIE AND HARRIET': AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE 1950S" |
WEEK 11
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LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL (April 16, 1963) |  |
MESSAGE
TO THE GRASS ROOTS (1963)
by Malcolm X |
WEEK 12
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PORT HURON
STATEMENT (1962)
from Students for a Democratic Society |
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MY LAI MASSACRE
Testimony of Dennis Conti (1970) |
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PEASANT EXPERIENCES IN THE
VIETNAM WAR
from the International Commission of Enquiry into U.S. Crimes in Indochina (1972) |
WEEK 13
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THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION |  |
THE PARANOID STYLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS |
WEEK 14
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40th
PRESIDENT RODE BOUNDLESS OPTIMISM
by
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"WHITES NO LONGER
A MAJORITY IN U.S. BY 2043"
by Hope Yen (Associated Press)
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SOME
PEOPLE DON'T COUNT
by Marc Cooper and Greg Goldin |
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RACE
IN AMERICA
by Barack Obama |
WEEK 15
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PRESIDENT BUSH'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS AFTER THE 9-11 TRAGEDY (Sept 20, 2001) |
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MR. BUSH IS WALKING INTO A TRAP
by Robert Fisk |
