Profs. Morel and Kesler: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+24+Morel+and+Kesler.mp3 | Open Player in New Window

Focus

What did the American founding and Civil War look like to politicians and public intellectuals at the start of the 20th century?

Readings:

Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois: Writings—The Crisis

“The Crisis” (November 1910)

“Agitation” (November 1910)

James Weldon Johnson, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” (1900)

Lucas Morel, “Juneteenth” (June 19, 2001)

Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, chap. 7, [A “Juneteenth” Sermon]

Ronald J. Pestritto, “Woodrow Wilson, American History, and the Advent of Progressivism”

Ronald J. Pestritto, Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings

Wilson, “The Authors and Signers of the Declaration”