Reading and Writing II Winter 2011. For your final blog post, please reflect upon everything you have learned in English 101 and 102 this year. What skills have you learned? What skills have you developed and improved in? What was the most challenging part of these courses? What was the most rewarding and enjoyable? April 25, 2011.

Major Authors, Genres, and Literary Movements. From Enslavement to the New Negro. The Civil Rights Era and the Black Arts Movement. Enslavement, Bondage and Freedom. Reconstruction, The New Negro, and Black Literature.

Race and Popular Culture LAS 140 Winter 2011. How can we use a critical dialogue about media images to move our nation out of the past of racial tensions and oppression? April 25, 2011.

Lynching in the South, Riots in the North. There are a number of great online resources for studying lynching and race riots. Gives a strong historical overview. Gives us numerical evidence on lynching.

Considerations Towards Inclusive and Progressive Discourse. Some Thoughts on Martin Luther King, JR. I am to speak for 5-10 minutes and comment upon what King has meant to me. I am very honored to have been asked to share some thoughts on the importance and legacy of Martin Luther King.