Annette Gordon-Reed's The Hemingses of Monticello

Hi every one;
I heard of this book which relates well to the Feb 13th debate (Thomas Jefferson on trial.) It discusses Jefferson's relations with Hemings. Hear is the link for the book review if any one is interested, I thought it looked pretty cool! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Foner-t.html?pagewanted=1

Glory: a great film that everyone should see.

This film covers almost everything that Dr. Young spoke about today in class; Here is a clip from the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAe7Dkf8lNY

Higher Learning

I recently saw "Higher Learning" for the second time, and if you haven't already seen it, it's great. It's really the best mainstream movie I can think of that deals directly with racial tension, as well as college life and education in general in the US. Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne and Omar Epps make it even better. But beware: you might cry...

You can watch it on hulu.com

House Negro v. Field Negro

Hello All,

On Wednesday, we discussed the distinctions between field labor and domestic labor on antebellum plantations. Click here to see what malcolm X has to say about the issue.. 

Hello All,

So, today we talked about the cartoon drawings of Edward William Clay. You can find them here.

Making the Grade

Hello All,

There is a story in the New York Times about college students and grading. You'll find the link here. What do you think?

Julia and Kevin

Sean and I wanted to have a group meeting 10 minutes before class on Wednesday to make sure that we are all on the same page in terms of witnesses. We also thought that we'd have a group meeting on Friday during when class would meet to discuss our trial strategy and possibly do a run through of our presentation. I do not have your email addresses, so feel free to post a response if you have any questions about the trial or conflicts about the meeting times. Hopefully one of you will read this before next class. In any case, we'll see you soon.

-Nisha