Course readings
This course involves a good amount of reading. This year we will read excerpts from the following texts:
We will also look at a number of supplementary texts including news articles, primary and secondary source documents, and other historical and contemporary works of both fiction and nonfiction. While paper copies of these course readings are available, many of the assigned readings can be accessed here.
- Geraldine Brook's Caleb's Crossing
- Solomon Northup's 12 Years a Slave
- Tung Chin's Paper Son: One Man's Story
- Several Selections from James Baldwin
- Eboo Patel's Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
We will also look at a number of supplementary texts including news articles, primary and secondary source documents, and other historical and contemporary works of both fiction and nonfiction. While paper copies of these course readings are available, many of the assigned readings can be accessed here.