7 April Reading Response
Instructions:
Week 12 April 79 Racial Progress, Backlash, and Change
4/7
- Freedom on My Mind Chapter 16 Racial Progress in an Era of Backlash and Change, 19652000
- A1819 The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- A22A24 Griggs v. Duke Power & Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- Pay close attention to the Documents project in chapter 16
Due: April 6, 2026, 6:00 PM
2 April Reading Response
Instructions:
4/2
- Sharon Harley, Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Gloria Richardson, the Cambridge Movement and the Radical Black Activist Tradition
- Gena Ray McNeil, Joanne is You and Joanne is Me: A Consideration of African American Women and the Free Joan Little Movement, 19741975 (Ch. 10 & 14, Sisters in the Struggle)
- Tiffany Gill, Beauty Shop Politics, Ch. 5 Black Beauticians Were Very Important: Southern Beauty Activists and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle
Due: April 1, 2026, 8:00 PM
31 March Reading Response
Instructions:
Week 11 March 31 April 2 Reflections on Gender and African American Politics
3/31
- Freedom on My Mind Ch. 15 Militancy, Triumph, and Freedom and the Movement Broadens, 19611976
- A1518 The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Barbara Ransby, Behind the Scenes of We Behind the Scenes Organizer: The Roots of Ella Bakers Political Passions
- Paul Tracey Matthews, No One Ever Asks What a Mans Role in the Revolution Is: Gender Politics and Leadership in the Black Panther Party, 19661971 (Ch. 3 & 13, Sisters in the Struggle)
Due: March 30, 2026, 6:00 PM

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