Welcome to African American and Latina/o Community Histories Course Blog
César Chávez: "The Lessons of Martin Luther King Jr."
An Open Letter to Black Americans from Latinos
A group of distinguished Latina/o writers including
Gloria Anzaldua, Rodolfo Acuna, and Frank Bonilla
signed this letter of solidarity.
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African Americans Against the Mexican War
After Mexico abolished slavery, Enslaved Africans
from the U.S. saw Mexico as a beacon of freedom.
Many African Americans opposed the U.S. invasion
of Mexico. Frederick Douglass explains why.
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The Juneteenth Handout
Black Workers for Justice, the Farm Labor Organizing
Committee, and UE #150 expand the meaning of slavery
emancipation commemoration to include the liberation of Latina/o farm workers toiling in the fields today.
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Black/Brown Organizing in Mississippi
African American leaders are the foremost champions of the state's growing Latino immigrant population. They hope the new alliance will transform the state's politics.
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The Black-Latino Blame Game
Earl Ofari Hutchinson explores contemporary tensions between African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles .
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Wars of American Liberation Timeline
The Haitian Slave Revolt was a turning point in the struggle for freedom in the Western Hemisphere. The Haitian Revolution paved the way for the emergence of Simon Bolivar, “The Great Liberator”
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Mexican War of Independence, 1810-1821
The struggle for Mexican Independence began as a struggle to end slavery and to promote the rights of Indigenous peoples. The enlistment of Blacks and Indians in the armies of liberation made this a revolutionary struggle.
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Miami Workers Center
The Miami Workers Center is a strategy and action center that builds the collective strength of working class and poor Black and Latino communities in Miami.
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"New Origin Narratives"
Elizabeth Martinez calls on us to create a "New Origin Narrative" in order to build a society "centered on the goals of social equity and democracy. Uruguayan scholar Eduardo Galeano shows us how Indigenous people, enslaved Africans, women, and poor whites tried to accomplish this in the 1800's.
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Why We Fought Colonialism
European colonialism devastated Indigenous cultures and ushered in African slavery in the Americas.
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Here We Fought Colonialism
From the beginning, African, Indigenous, and Mestiza/o peoples fought for dignity and freedom.
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Coalition Building in the 21st Century
Housing, Health, Economic Justice and Evironment...
While Civil Rights Movement worked to desegregate the U.S., federal housing policies enforced residential segregation.
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Race the House We Live in Handout
Race and Inheritance in the U.S.
Race and Education in the U.S.
-The Housing Crisis in Black and Brown
State of the Dream, 2008
African American/ Latino's will both
Lose $70-100 Billion in Subrime
Mortgage Scandals
http://www.faireconomy.org
-Environmental Racism: Latina/o and Black Communities Hit the Hardest
-*Some Resources on African Latin America and the *Caribbean*
*Black History Month in the 21st Century by John Brown Childs
John Brown Childs explores ways to make Black History Month an intercultural event.
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• Enslaved Africans were NOT Immigrants
The Welfare Poets
The Welfare Poets combine Bomba
y Plena, Hip Hop, Latin Jazz, and
other Genres to Make Culture
and Politics Come Alive!
The Welfare Poets Live in Venezuela
Jazz and Freedom: Legendary Collaborations
INTERESTING RELATED LINKS
*National Council of La Raza President Gives Dr. Martin Luther King Convocation, Birmingham*
*Malcolm X and Latino Workers
*Latino Workers Past and Present
Criminalizing Black and Latino Youth in the Schools
Latina/o Voters and the Election Article
"Pitting Black and Latino Voters Against Each Other?"
• Black and Latino Workers Demand Dr. King Holiday
• Black and Latina Parents Educational Coalition
20th Century Latin American Black and Indigenous Literature
New Orleans Black Latino Alliance
Minstrel Shows and Immigration
*Rev. King with the Sanitation Workers
• A New Anti-War Movement?
Interview with Mumia Abu Jamal on Latino Black Relations
Monday, January 28 -John Sayle's "Lonestar" 7:00 pm @ College Eight room 240
Message to Students: I am placing the two Piri Thomas spoken
word CD's in the box outside of my office for students to listen to. These may be valuable resources
in preparing for the first synthesis essay. Please use and return to the box in a timely fashion.
Below are the files of the handouts that were passed out in class.
Small group exercises have been designated to discussion sections. During section students can choose group exercises out of the choices given.
Monday Section: Group 3: Beyond "Black and White Unite"
Group 6. White U.
Tuesday Section: Group 7: Rebuilding A City: Post-Hurricane New Orleans 2006
Group 8: May 1, 2006 Immigration Protests, Which Side Are You On?
Wednesday Section: Group 1: Crisis at WAMM-FM"
Group 2: Trouble at Polk Middle School
Group 5: "An Open Letter to Latinos from African Americans"
Thursday Section: Group 4: One-Act Play
To see group desriptions download file "Small Group Final Exersices"
1st Synthesis Essay due date has been moved back a week, it will be due February 1, 5pm (box outside paul's office)
Evening film screening:
Monday, January 28 -John Sayle's "Lonestar" 7:00 pm @ College Eight room 240
Wednesday, February 20 -"The Piano Lesson" 7:00 Pm @College Eight room 240
Both films will be at the McHenry Library for those of you that can't make it to the film screenings.
Preparation for 1st Synthesis Essay
*2nd Synthesis Essay
Three possible synthesis essays:
1) A comparison on Piano Lesson and Zapata's Disciple (Drawing primarily from those two books)
2) Essay on challenges of building social movements (Drawing primarily from Ortiz, Childs, Vaca)
3) Essay on the intersections of race and class (Combining the economic justice material in the reader with Espada and Wilson
SOURCES FOR ESSAYS
In terms of sources for the synthesis essay, at the minimum, you must cite both Wilson and Espada. You must also draw from at least two course reader readings and one source from the course blog.
*Helpful blog sources
Synthesis Essay #3 Preparation
Notes on the Casta Paintings and (later) Mestizaje
Midterm Exam, 2007 (Example of Last Year"s Midterm)
MID TERM EXAM
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*Due Friday, February 15,
5 pm (box outside Prof. Ortiz's office)
Small Groups Final Exercises
Self and Peer Evaluations
Group Number, Name of Participant:
SECTION I: Self Evaluation
How would you evaluate your contribution to your group’s success?
Specifically discuss the ideas and tasks you contributed and performed for the group.
Give one example of how you helped the group overcome an obstacle.
What was your contribution to the written component of the group’s final presentation?
Assign yourself a "grade” for this group project. How do you justify this grade?
Section II: Group Evaluation
Discuss your group’s overall performance in terms of group cohesion, teamwork, and final product.
Discuss other individual group members’ contributions. Did each member contribute to the overall success of the group project?
Assign an overall “grade” to your group in terms of its preparation, teamwork, and final presentation.
Dates for Small Group Presentations
Groups 1: Tues March 4
Groups 2 & 3: Thur March 6
Groups 4, 5 & 6: Tues March 11
Groups 7 & 8: Thur March 13
Synthesis Essay/Reading Questions
Extra Credit
Attend the Piven talk on voting, write a two-page response paper, and receive extra credit....
The UCSC Dept. of Sociology, Politics Dept., Center for Justice Tolerance & Community (CJTC), College Nine and College Ten Present
An Evening With Frances Fox Piven
Race and American Electoral Politics or How the Parties Compete to Keep Down the Black Vote
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
7:00 pm
Colleges 9 & 10 Multipurpose Room, UCSC
-Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor in Sociology and Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is also Past President of the American Sociological Association (2007).
Preparing for Guest Lecture
Prof. John Brown Childs will be visiting our class next week to talk about his theory of trans communality and other related items. Please review Prof. Childs's essay on Black History Month. This essay is posted to your course blog. Pay careful attention to his essay in the course reader...
Small Research Groups
I've met with three research groups so far and I am very excited about the work you are doing! Remember that we can use the course blog to post things on and you may want to consider posting materials in advance (power points, slides, etc.) and this may help you with time management during the actual presentation. Now, I need to hear from the other groups....
Reading Questions for Week of Feb 5 and Mid Term Preparation
The Piano Lesson
Evening Film Screening:
Wednesday, February 20 -"The Piano Lesson" 7:00 Pm @College Eight room 240
*If you are not able to make it to the film screening, "The Piano Lesson" will be on reserve at the McHenry Library
Reading Questions for Week of Jan 29 Readings
