{"id":273,"date":"2018-10-16T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/karen-cox\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2019-03-26T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:05:47","slug":"history-culture-of-the-deep-south","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/karen-cox\/courses\/history-culture-of-the-deep-south\/","title":{"rendered":"History & Culture of the Deep South"},"content":{"rendered":"

HIST 6894: INDEPENDENT STUDY ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE DEEP SOUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPRING 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructor: Dr. Karen L. Cox
\nEmail: kcox@uncc.edu<\/a> (email is the best way to set up a meeting given our class time)
\nOffice Hours: Before or after class and by appointment<\/p>\n

COURSE DESCRIPTION
\nThis course offers an exploration of the history and culture of Mississippi and Louisiana, with an emphasis on Natchez, Mississippi, a town perched on the bluffs of the Mississippi River.\u00a0Natchez was the home of Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. Senator in American history, and the birthplace of Richard Wright, author of\u00a0Black Boy\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Native Son<\/em>.\u00a0Natchez has also been the site of several movie productions. The course will examine the history of Deep South through this small town, which loomed large in the world of plantation agriculture, the domestic slave trade, the Civil War, and civil rights.\u00a0Like short-term \u201cstudy abroad\u201d classes, students will visit Natchez and Deep South locales over spring break to see that history firsthand. The trip, which is a required part of the course, will incur travel costs ($900) to defray the expense of transportation, lodging, and admission to museums and other sites, in addition to tuition. (*Please note that the cost of travel to and from Natchez is not included.) Students\u00a0will also have an opportunity to work with primary source material from the Historic Natchez Foundation for their papers.\u00a0Day trips are planned to a working cotton plantation, historic houses, National Park Service sites (including Vicksburg Military Park), and among other sites.<\/p>\n

GRADING POLICY
\nGrading for this course is based on a 10-point scale, such that (A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79, and so on). However, individual papers will be graded on a +\/- scale and provided with a numerical grade, based on the following (A+=98-100; A=94-97; A-=90-93; B+=88-89; B=84-87, and so on). Thus, your course average could be a 90, but would appear on your transcript as simply an \u201cA.\u201d<\/p>\n

BOOKS<\/p>\n

Walter Johnson, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
\n<\/em>Neil R. McMillen, Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
\n<\/em>Karen L. Cox, Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South
\n<\/em>Jack E. Davis, Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930
\n<\/em>Additional readings sent as zip file<\/p>\n

ASSIGNMENTS
\nClass Discussion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%
\nBook Reviews (4 @ 15%)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60%
\nFinal Paper\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25%<\/p>\n

Book review guide<\/a><\/p>\n

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SCHEDULE<\/p>\n

January 15: FIRST DAY OF CLASS–Introduction, expectations, discussion of the Spring Break trip. Why Natchez, Mississippi?<\/p>\n

Mississippi at 300<\/a><\/p>\n

SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE<\/p>\n

January 22: Undergraduates<\/p>\n

Reading Assignment: Narrative of Henry Watson<\/em>, 5-17 (https:\/\/docsouth.unc.edu\/neh\/watson\/watson.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cForks of the Road,\u201d http:\/\/mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us\/articles\/47\/the-forks-of-the-road-slave-market-at-natchez<\/a><\/p>\n

Article: Baptist,\u00a0 \u201cCuffy, Fancy Maids, and One-Eyed Men\u201d<\/p>\n

DUE: Journal assignment (see instructions)<\/p>\n

January 29: Graduates<\/p>\n

Main reading Assignment: River of Dark Dreams<\/em>, Book Review Due
\nAdditional reading: Undergraduate reading assignments plus \u201cThe Troubled Legacy of Isaac Franklin\u201d and Rothman, \u201cCotton Capitalism\u201d<\/p>\n

JIM CROW & CIVIL RIGHTS<\/p>\n

February 5: Undergraduates–Lecture notes on Jim Crow
\nReading Assignment: Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi<\/em><\/p>\n

DUE: Journal assignment on the book<\/p>\n

February 12: Graduates
\nReading Assignment: Dark Journey, <\/em>Book Review Due
\nAdditional Reading: \u201cResistance Begins at Home\u201d<\/p>\n

February 19: No Class–ALL STUDENTS REQUIRED to attend Dr. Cox\u2019s Personally Speaking talk on Goat Castle. <\/em>Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graduates: Email copy of your review of the book prior to attending the talk<\/p>\n

Undergraduates: Email your journal assignment on the book prior to the talk<\/p>\n

February 26: Brief meeting of class prior to trip; Graduate Students will stay to discuss Race Against Time<\/em> and \u201cMaking Place, Making Race\u201d and \u201cRevisiting the Natchez Pilgrimage\u201d<\/p>\n

Remembering Natchez and the Old South<\/a><\/p>\n

Rhythm Club Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

SPRING BREAK TRAVEL<\/p>\n

March 2-9: Trip to Natchez, MS<\/p>\n

HOME STRETCH<\/p>\n

March 12: No Class; Graduate student meeting at a place TBD<\/p>\n

March 19: Midterm for Undergraduates<\/p>\n

March 26: Graduate student meetings with Dr. Cox to discuss final papers (submit proposal in advance)<\/p>\n

April 2: No Class<\/p>\n

April 9: Undergraduates meetings with Dr. Cox to discuss final paper topic (submit proposal in advance)<\/p>\n

April 16: Rough drafts of graduate papers due<\/p>\n

April 23: Undergraduates should send rough drafts. Dr. Cox available to students to discuss final papers and provide feedback.<\/p>\n

April 30: LAST DAY OF CLASS: Undergraduate final papers due.<\/p>\n

May 9: FINAL EXAM for Undergraduates<\/p>\n

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