April 7

I. Opening Announcements​​
  • Remember to email the editor link to your hype presentation on the Wednesday before at noon ​
  • Reminder: 2-week grace period for RR9 ends TODAY at 11:59pm
  • NOTE: The new due date for project #4 is April 21
  • Final Exam: Thursday, May 7 from 8-10:30am (more details later); in-person attendance is required & only university-excused absences can be accepted 
II. African American Oratory ​in the Legacy of Black Rhetoric: Frederick Douglass, MLK, Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm (continued from last week)
OPTION A: "What to the Slave is Your 4th of July?" by Frederick Douglass (1852)
facilitated by Madison
OPTION B: "How Long, Not Long" by Martin Luther King after Selma March (1965)
facilitated by Johasle
OPTION C: Barbara Jordan, Texas Senator, on Nixon's Impeachment (1972) and DNC (1976)
facilitated by Leyat
OPTION D: Shirley Chisholm Runs for President of USA (1972)
facilitated by Mya
III. Pre-Planning for Project #4: The Group Website Project
  • By the end of the day, sign up for the rhetor you would like to focus on. 
  • On Thursday, we will begin working on infographics in class. Next week, you will meet in groups and rebiew the point-spread. RR#11 is designed with this project in mind.
April 7: Sign-Up for the orator you will focus on (CLICK HERE); all orators have now been introduced
April 9: Groups designated; begin work on individual infographic for your orator (counts as CA)
April 14: Groups meet and divide up website tasks and webpages; groups decide color packaging, title, and logo; individuals embed youtube videos for each orator (counts as CA)
April 16: Complete headers, opening sections, soundcloud embedding, and carousel for your orator (counts as CA)
April 21: In-class work-- work on your second webpage (counts as CA); Website is due at 11:59pm!
IV. African American Oratory ​in the Legacy of Black Rhetoric: Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Jesse Jackson, Alicia Garza+Patrisse Cullors+Opal Tometi= BLM
OPTION A: "The Ballot or the Bullet" by Malcom X (1964)
Click here for full speech with subtitles.
OPTION B: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Party
Click here for full, written speech of "Until I am Free..."
OPTION C: "Keep Hope Alive" by Jesse Jackson (1988)
Click here for the full, written version.
OPTION D: Black Lives Matter: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi (2013)
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