Date	Day	Topics for Discussion and Assignments Due
September 6	Wednesday	First day of class. Welcome and introductions. Declaration of Independence. United States Constitution.
September 11	Monday	Course Information, Schedule of Assignments. Garrison, "To the Public," 1831. Dew, "Abolition of Negro Slavery," 1832. Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833.
September 13	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
September 16	Saturday	Class trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Meet in front of Rackham at 11:00 a.m. Return by 5:00 p.m.
September 18	Monday	Grimke, "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South," 1837. Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", 1852.
September 20	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
September 25	Monday	Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls, 1848. Stanton, Seneca Falls Address, 1848. Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?", 1851 (two versions).
September 27	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Wednesday. Have you stopped by to chat during office hours yet?
October 2	Monday	McKay, Remonstrating Against the Right of Suffrage, 1870. Anthony, Address on the Charge of Illegal Voting, 1872. Cleveland, "Would Woman Suffrage Be Unwise?", 1905.
October 4	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
October 9	Monday	Terrell, "Progress of Colored Women," 1898. Shaw, "Fundamental Principle of a Republic," 1915.
October 11	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
October 16	Monday	Kennedy, "To the American People on Civil Rights," 1963. Wallace, "Segregation Forever," 1963.
October 18	Wednesday	First exam.
October 23	Monday	King, "I Have a Dream," 1963. King, "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," 1963. Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet," 1964.
October 25	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday. Mid-semester evaluation of the course.
October 30	Monday	SNCC, Black Power, 1966. Carmichael, Black Power, 1966. Carmichael, Black Power, 1967. King, Black Power, 1967.
November 1	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
November 6	Monday	Carmichael, "What We Want," 1966. Black Panther Party Platform, 1966. Cleaver, "A Word to Students," 1968. Davis, "Get it Together," 1971.
November 8	Wednesday	Discussion continues from Monday.
November 13	Monday	Class tour of the Labadie Collection. Meet at 4:10 p.m. in 711 Hatcher Library.
November 15	Wednesday	NOW, Statement of Purpose, 1966. Chisholm, Equal Rights for Women, 1969. Chisholm, House Testimony, 1970. Steinem, Senate Testimony, 1970. National Council of Jewish Women, Statement in Opposition, 1970. National Council of Catholic Women, Statement in Opposition, 1970. Mainardi, "Politics of Housework," 1970. Syfers, "Why I Want a Wife," 1971. Lane, "Long Island Press Picket," 1971 (photograph).
November 20	Monday	Chisholm, "The 51% Minority," 1970. Beale, "Double Jeopardy," 1970. Ferguson, "Women's Liberation Has a Different Meaning for Blacks," 1970.
November 22	Wednesday	No class: Thanksgiving recess.
November 27	Monday	No class.
November 29	Wednesday	Friedan, "An Open Letter to True Men," 1974. Rich, Commencement Address at Smith College, 1979. Falwell, "The Feminist Movement," 1980.
December 4	Monday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
December 6	Wednesday	Steinem, "The Stage is Set," 1982. NOW Circular, 1982. ERA-America, Eagle Forum, and NOW, Letters of Appeal, 1982.
December 11	Monday	Steinem, "Words and Change," 1979/1982/1995. Wrap-up and class evaluation.
December 13	Wednesday	Second Exam.

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