Monday, January 28, 2013
RACC-AAMU 2013 AGENDA
Department of Social Sciences
READING ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
RACC-AAMU 2013
(Dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Gunn)
“I now understood…the pathway from slavery to freedom…I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble….to learn how to READ”
Frederick Douglass
Selected Reading: Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackmon
Blog address: https://racc-aamu2013.blogspot.com
January 31: RACC 2013 Kickoff –Drake Hall
Faculty Lecture/Overview of RACC Program, Book and Blog
Led by Stephanie N. Allen & Douglas Turner
Required Attendance for All Majors
Familial connections to Sloss Furnaces (via meeting, twitter, facebook, etc)
February 7: 12:30-2pm – Drake Hall
Faculty Panel – Part 1: Discussion of Chapters 1-4
Led by Craig Patton
February 21: 12:30-2pm – Drake Hall
Faculty and Student Panel – Part 2: Discussion of Chapters 5-8
Led by Diane Wilkinson and Donna Burnell
February 28: 12:30 -2pm Slavery By Another Name Film – Drake Hall
March 7: Midterm Week
March 14: Spring Break
March 21 or 22: Field Trip to Sloss Furnaces (details forthcoming)
March 28: 12:30-2pm – Drake Hall
Faculty and Student Panel – Part 3: Discussion of Chapters 9-12
Led by Michael Vaughn
April 2: 12:30-2pm – Drake Hall
Faculty and Student Panel – Part 3: Discussion of Chapters 13-15
Led by Joseph Rosher and Rosanna Chang
April 11: 12:30-2pm – Drake Hall
Faculty and Student Panel – Part 3: Discussion of Chapters 16, 17 and Epilogue
Led by Tracey Norrell
April 18th : Author Douglas Blackmon Lecture-Elmore Gym
Required Attendance
Kenneth Gunn Essay Award Winner Announced*
*Monetary Prize Awarded---Essay due in DSS office by 10:00am 4/15/13
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