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412 BLACKS AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

REQUIREMENTS (Continued)
C. A Term Paper
D. A Mid-term Examination
E. A Final Examination
F. Required text; Derrick Bell, Race, Racism and American Law, Second Edition (BELL);
Declaration of Independence, as adopted plus its original draft; U.S. Constitution and all its amendments; Outside readings on constitutional issues which affect blacks significantly found in periodicals and law journals.

OFFICE HOURS
I will be available every Wednesday evening after class and also by appointment. Students are encouraged to discuss any questions they may have concerning the materials covered in the lectures and readings.

TOPICS AND READINGS
I. Introduction
BELL: Chapter 1
Declaration of Independence, original and published drafts.
U.S. Constitution as originally adopted.
U.S. Bill of Rights

II. Slavery in the United States
BELL: Chapter 1.
Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Dred Scott vs. Sandford 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 )1857).
Somerset vs. Steward 98 Eng. Rep. 499 (K.B. 1772).
Emancipation Proclamation.

III. Reconstruction
13, 14 & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
BELL: Chapter 2.
Hayes Tildman Presidential Election Compromise 1877.

IV. Immediate Post Reconstruction
BELL: Chapter 3

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