19th-20th Cen Blackness &

This course offers a sample of historical research on debates around African-American intelligence, mental health, family organization, and other social scientific controversies from the era of slavery to the late 20th century. The principal assignment is a lesson plan, instructions for which will be supplied on the CourseWorks site. Please note that you may not take this course as an auditor or pass/fail without the permission of the instructor. Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences guidelines may be found at http://gsas.columbia.edu/. Those for the history department may be found at http://history.columbia.edu/graduate/index.html.