Major Black Thinkers

PHM 4120 002 MWF 11am – 1:15pm SOC 146

 

Semester: Summer 2004 B Session

Instructor:

Chioke I’Anson, M.A.

Office: FAO 244

Hours: MWF 1:30 – 2:30

E-mail: cianson@admin.usf.edu

Phone: 813-974-5870

 

Required text:

            Philosophy Born of Struggle, 2nd edition, edited by Leonard Harris

            Liberating Visions, by Robert Michael Franklin

 

Course Description:

To live in the world is to interpret and react to that which is experienced.  Often, our experience shapes how we view the world and our actions.  Those who live in different places and under different conditions see the world in different ways, acquire different philosophies.  Oppressed people, therefore, have experiences and develop philosophies that are often different from non-oppressed people.  It is the purpose of this class to study the writings of oppressed black people in America.  

Class Requirements:

Students are expected to participate in class discussions as well as complete all assigned work.  Each student must be respectful and considerate of the opinions and comments of his/her fellow students.

Grading:

Tests: There will be three essay-based tests based on the books and class lecture.

Papers: There will be one 2-page paper. The paper will be written in 12 point, Times New Roman, double-spaced with 1-inch margins or they will not be graded. There will also be in-class writing assignments. 

Pop quizzes: A pop quiz will be given each time a cell phone rings in class.  If the instructor’s cell phone rings, extra credit will be given to the class.

Class participation: Students are expected to engage in any discussion that may take place in class.

Grade Calculation:

Your grade will be calculated by the division of the total number of points you get by the total number of possible points for the class.

Missed assignments:

For each class day after a due date is missed, the late assignment will be docked 10 points.  Thus, if a student turns in a paper the class day after the due date, the maximum possible grade for that paper is 90.  This does not apply for a missed test only if the student provides an excuse for the absence.  The student must contact the instructor and schedule a retest.

 

 

 

Plagiarism

Plagiarism will not be tolerated.  The minimum punishment for plagiarism or cheating is an F grade on the test or paper. 

Reading and test schedule

The instructor reserves the right to change any of the preceding or following with advanced notice.

 

 

 

6/28 Introduction

6/30 No class

7/2 Paper due. David Walker (Harris, pg 3), Malcolm X (Franklin pg 75)

7/5 WEB Du Bois pg (Harris, pg 73)

7/7 William R Jones (Harris, pg 85)

7/9 Angela Davis (Harris, pg 101)

7/12 Test

7/14 Frederick Douglass (Harris, pg 113), Martin Luther King (Franklin pg 103)

7/16 Anna Julia Cooper (Harris, pg 131)

7/19 Thomas Baker (Harris, pg 147)

7/21 Martin Luther King (Harris, pg 165)

7/23 Test

7/26 Martin Delany (Harris, pg 183), DuBois (Franklin, pg 43)

7/28 Alain Locke (Harris, pg 223)

7/30 Howard McGary (Harris, pg 255)

8/2 Leonard Harris (Harris, pg 273)

8/4 Lucius Outlaw (Harris, pg 369)

8/6 Test