ModernBlackAmerica1865tothePresent-MichiganState.docVIP

Modern Black America: 1865 to the Present IAH 211C/Areas Studies Americas Michigan State University Fall 2002–116 Farrell Agriculture Engineering Bldg – TT 12:40 - 2:00p.m. Professor Darlene Clark Hine Office: 306 Morrill Hall Office Hours: Tu Th: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Phone: 355-3418 and by appointment hined@ Class Web Page: /course/iah/211c/hine/index.html Goals of Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities Integrative Studies at MSU seeks to assist students to become more familiar with ways of knowing in the arts and humanities and to be more knowledgeable and capable in a range of intellectual and expressive abilities. IAH courses encourage students to engage critically with their own society, history, and culture(s) or to learn more about the history and culture of other societies. They focus on key ideas and issues in human experience; encourage appreciation of the roles of knowledge and values in shaping and understanding human behavior; emphasize the responsibilities and opportunities of democratic citizenship, highlight the importance of language and the value of the creative arts; and alert us to important issues that occur and re-occur among peoples in an increasingly interconnected, interdependent world. Course Overview and Requirements Students are required to attend all lectures, pass midterm and final examinations, and prepare a 15typewritten research paper on one of the major themes, events, issues, personalities or organizations discussed in the course. Confine all papers to the years between 1865 and the present. The paper should be based on a combination of primary and secondary sources, and is expected to have proper footnotes or endnotes. The paper must be an original piece of work written by the student for this class. Lectures on black historiography are an important dimension of the course. I will introduce students to a wide range of historians and their writings and differing interpretations. It is important to kn