Reading: Toni Morrison, “The Nobel Lecture in Literature,” in The Source of Self-Regard (102-109); Jack A. Goldstone, “Chapter 1: What is a revolution?” in Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction (1-9). Post your reaction to this reading by August 30, 9 pm. You can post about the Morrison, the Goldstone, or both. (Morrison video linked here.) These must be at least […]

Instructions 1. Carefully read the required pages in the textbook. 2. Select ONE of the four Learning Objectives prompts (7.1, or 7.2, or 7.3, or 7.4) and prepare to write a 400 word (or greater) essay addressing the prompt based on information in the textbook and your own research. Choose one: 7.1 Compare and contrast classic Greek tragedy […]

For this assignment you will research the mental health of either Frida Kahlo or Vincent Van Gogh. Both of these artists created many self-portraits. Your job is to determine whether we can see signs of mental illness within her or his self-portrait. You must then select two articles to analyze their work: One of these articles should be about […]

 Critically discuss the ways in which ideas of Black inferiority and the place of Black people in the U.S. and the Diaspora are represented through negative ideas about Black culture; i.e. families, parental responsibility, poverty, sexuality, childbearing, and criminality/incarceration. Use as a basis of your discussion specific representations (i.e. narratives, arguments, presentations of data, etc.) […]