Race Media and International Affairs 101 Week 02

Week Two: Race and Colonial Media

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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

Benjamin Franklin and the Pamphlet Wars: https://www.neh.gov/article/benjamin-franklin-and-pamphlet-wars

Week 2 Resources

Week 2 Videos

NOTE: We are having technical issues with the Video from week 1’s class and hope to have it up by Monday 10/13.

Discussion Board