Date	Day	Topics for Discussion and Assignments Due
September 6	Wednesday	First day of class. Welcome and introductions. What is Rhetoric?  Rhetorical Theory?  Rhetorical Activism?
September 8	Friday	Course Information, Schedule of Assignments. Declaration of Independence. United States Constitution (be sure to read the Bill of Rights and the Amendments!). Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", 1852. Photo/Bio [Note: Available online.  Go to American Rhetoric, then follow the link to their Online Speech Bank and then to the Douglass Speech, which is listed alphabetically under his first name, Frederick.]
September 13	Wednesday	Discussion of theory and texts continues.
September 15	Friday	McKay, Remonstrating Against the Right of Suffrage, 1870. Anthony, Address on the Charge of Illegal Voting, 1872. Photo/Bio Cleveland, "Would Woman Suffrage Be Unwise?", 1905. Photo/Bio
September 20	Wednesday	Discussion of theory and texts continues.
September 22	Friday	Discussion of theory and texts continues.
September 27	Wednesday	Terrell, "Progress of Colored Women," 1898. Photo/Bio Shaw, "Fundamental Principle of a Republic," 1915. Photo/Bio
September 29	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
October 4	Wednesday	Kennedy, "To the American People on Civil Rights," 1963. Photo/Bio Wallace, "Segregation Forever," 1963. Photo/Bio BlueStream Video: Kennedy. Have you stopped by to chat during office hours yet?
October 6	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
October 11	Wednesday	King, "I Have a Dream," 1963. Photo/Bio King, "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," 1963. Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet," 1964. Photo/Bio
October 13	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday. Course Evaluation.
October 18	Wednesday	SNCC, Black Power, 1966. Carmichael, Black Power, 1966. Photo/Bio Carmichael, Black Power, 1967. King, Black Power, 1967.
October 20	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
October 25	Wednesday	Cleaver, "A Word to Students," 1968. Photo/Bio Davis, "Get it Together," 1971. Photo/Bio Black Panther Party Platform, 1966. Photo/Bio
October 27	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
November 1	Wednesday	First exam.
November 3	Friday	Read the Equal Rights Amendment, written in 1921 and introduced in every session of Congress since 1923. Read the National Organization for Women's "Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment 1923-1996". Read the Eagle Forum's "A Short History of ERA". NOW, Statement of Purpose, 1966. National Council of Jewish Women, Statement in Opposition, 1970. National Council of Catholic Women, Statement in Opposition, 1970. ERA-America, Eagle Forum, and NOW Letters of Appeal, 1982.
November 8	Wednesday	Mainardi, "Politics of Housework," 1970. Syfers, "Why I Want a Wife," 1971. Friedan, "An Open Letter to True Men," 1974. Photo/Bio Falwell, "The Feminist Movement," 1980. Photo/Bio
November 10	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
November 15	Wednesday	Chisholm, "The 51% Minority," 1970. Photo/Bio Beale, "Double Jeopardy," 1970.
November 17	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
November 22	Wednesday	Discussion continues.
November 24	Friday	No Class: Thanksgiving Break.
November 29	Wednesday	Newton, "A Letter from Huey . . .," 1970. Photo/Bio Shelley, "Gay is Good," 1970. Milk, "The Hope Speech," 1978. Photo/Bio Measure Nine, Oregon, 1992.
December 1	Friday	Discussion continues from Wednesday.
December 6	Wednesday	Lorde, "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions," 1983. Photo/Bio Liebman, Letter to William F. Buckley, Jr., 1990. Buckley, Response, 1990. Michigan House Resolution #141. U.S. Senate Joint Resolution #40. Additional required gay rights texts.
December 8	Friday	Steinem, "Words and Change," 1979/1982/1995. Photo/Bio Wrap-up and class evaluation. Optional critical essay due at the start of class.
December 13	Wednesday	Second exam.