Race Media and International Affairs 101 Week 02

Week Two: Race and Colonial Media

González, Juan, and Joseph Torres. News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. New York: Verso, 2011.

Introduction (PDF)

Chapter 1: “Barbarous Indians” and “Rebellious Negroes” (PDF)

Chapter 2: In the Mail: The Post Office, the Press and the Mass Political Party (PDF)

Chapter 3: Inciting to Riot: The Age of Jackson (PDF)

Benjamin Harris. Publick Occurences, Both Forriegn and Domestick, 1690 https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/power/text5/PublickOccurrences.pdf

Week 2 Resources

Class 3 Slides

Class 4 Slides

Internet Archive link to WL Garrison’s argument against the ACS: https://archive.org/details/thoughtsonafrica00garr/page/n1/mode/2up

RSS Blue Sky Starter pack

Week 2 Videos

Discussion Board