Reading Group on Race, American Democracy, and the Right to Vote
Course Information
- Course Number
- L8498
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Legal History and Law and Philosophy, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
- Type
- Discussion
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Kendall Thomas
Nash Professor of Law
Section Description
This reading group, sponsored by Racial Literacy for Racial Justice (RLRJ), will use Eric Holder’s book, Our Unfinished March (2022), as a template for exploring issues at the intersection of racial literacy, racial democracy, and racial justice. Among the subjects to be covered are: race and the early history of the right to vote, the Reconstruction period, women’s suffrage and the checkered history of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments, the civil rights revolution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Shelby County v. Holder and the judicial counterrevolution, state legislative power and the criminalization and suppression of the Black and Brown vote, and civil society campaigns to protect the right to vote and to re-imagine American racial democracy.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2024
- Dates
- January 29 - February 2
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Dates
- February 12 - February 16
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Dates
- February 26 - March 1
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Dates
- March 25 - March 29
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Dates
- April 8 - April 12
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Dates
- April 22 - April 26
- Location
- WJWH 207
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Points
- 1
- Method of Evaluation
- Other
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- Yes
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None