Schedule of Lectures & Assignments NOTES: 1. All assignments (reading, writing, etc.

) are listed when they should be completed and are due. 2. All materials (PDFs, MP3s, & online videos) other than the required texts can be found in the Assignments section of Blackboard, listed by due date. 3. Reaction papers are due midnight on the days indicated below, and should cover any readings and lectures since the last Discussion.
WK 1 2 MONDAY 1/30 Course Introduction 2/6 Black Nationalism Autobiography, Introduction, Chs. 1-2. Marable, Prologue & Ch. 1. *DUE: Reaction Paper #1* 2/13 *School Closed* Autobiography, Chs. 3-6. Kelley, The Riddle of the Zoot Suit. (PDF) Malcolm X: Make It Plain (Online Video) 2/21 (Tuesday) Detroit Red Autobiography, Chs. 7-9. Marable, Ch. 2. Simmons & Riggs, Sexuality, Television, & Death. (PDF) *DUE: Reaction Paper #2* 2/27 In the Belly of the Beast Autobiography, Chs. 10-11. Marable, Ch. 3. 3/5 Building a Nation Autobiography, Chs. Ch. 12. Marable, Ch. 4. *DUE: Reaction Paper #3* 3/12 Brother Minister, Husband, & Father Autobiography, Ch. 13. Marable, Ch. 5. Griffin, Ironies of the Saint. (PDF) Malcolm X, Letter to Elijah Muhammad. (PDF) 3/19 Third World Revolutions Autobiography, Ch. 14. Marable, Chs. 6-7. *DUE: Reaction Paper #4* 3/26 Martin, Malcolm, & the Civil Rights Movement Autobiography, Ch. 15 & Epilogue (390-411). Marable, Chs. 8-9. 4/2 Malcolm X Speaks Malcolm X, On Unity. (1960) (PDF) Malcolm X & Bayard Rustin Debate. (1960) (PDF) Malcolm X, Message to the Grassroots, Malcolm X Speaks. (1963) (MP3 also avail.) *DUE: Reaction Paper #5* 4/9 *Spring Break* Autobiography, Ch. 16 & Epilogue (411-430). Marable, Ch. 10. Malcolm X, Declaration of Independence, Malcolm X Speaks. (1964) Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet, Malcolm X Speaks. (1964) (MP3 also avail.) WEDNESDAY 2/1 Malcolm Little 2/8 Discussion *DUE: MX Social Network Member Selection* 2/15 World War II

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2/29 Islam & Black America *DUE: MX Social Network Member List of Associates* 3/7 Discussion

3/14 The Hate that Hate Made

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3/28 National Spokesman *DUE: MX Social Network 5 Key Events* 4/4 Discussion

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MONDAY 4/16 Out Autobiography, Ch. 17. Marable, Ch. 11-12. Malcolm X, Letters from Abroad, Malcolm X Speaks. (1964) 4/23 MMI & OAAU Autobiography, Ch. 18. Marable, Ch. 13. Malcolm X, Appeal to African Heads of State, Malcolm X Speaks. (1964) Davis, Meditations on the Legacy of Malcolm X. (PDF) hooks, Malcolm X. (PDF) *DUE: Reaction Paper #6* 4/30 Omowale Autobiography, Ch. 19 & Epilogue (430-439). Marable, Ch. 14. Farrakhan, On Malcolm X. (1971) (PDF) Farrakhan, The Murder of Malcolm X. (1990) (Online Video) 5/7 Martyr Autobiography, Epilogue (439-447). Marable, Ch. 15. *DUE: Reaction Paper #7* 5/14 Life After Death Autobiography, Epilogue (447-463). Marable, Ch. 16 & Epilogue. *Last Class Meeting*

WEDNESDAY 4/18 El Hajj Malik Shabazz *DUE: MX Social Network Primary Document Analysis* 4/25 Discussion

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*DUE: MX Social Network Member Biography* 5/9 Discussion

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