1.Please watch the following film on women and image in the popular mind. How far have we really come from the Cult of True Womanhood?<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uy8yLaoWybk<\/a><\/p>\n 2. Please read the chapter “The Intimately Oppressed” from Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.historyisaweapon.com\/defcon1\/zinnint6.html<\/a><\/p>\n 3. From the book Lies My Teacher Told Me<\/u><\/i><\/strong>, please read Chapter 6, “John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism in American History Textbooks<\/em>.”<\/p>\n 4. Take a look at this clip from the film Birth of a Nation<\/a>. What do you notice about how the African American Congressmen are portrayed in the film? <\/p>\n (Bear in mind, this film is not<\/u><\/strong> meant to be taken as a comedy. It was meant to be taken as an historical reenactment of what actually happened. It was advertised as such. <\/em><\/p>\n In reality, it is full of half-truths, misrepresentations and ugly stereotypes.)<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/R4v_yRFf4-Y<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Please read the chapter, “Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom,” found in Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History<\/u><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n