The reading selections for Sociology 397/398 evolve
during the course of the semester in response to the tasks in which the
research group is currently involved. Readings may be academic articles
about the research topics (either theoretical or empirical), original materials
written by participants about the protest and riot events as they were
occurring, government documents such as hearing transcripts and official
reports, journalistic accounts, editorials, or draft papers written by
members of the research team.
To provide a sense of the type and volume of material
read in the research seminar, below is the list of materials read
in the Autumn semester of 1998 and the Spring Semester of 1999
AUTUMN 1998
Clark McPhail. 1994. The Dark Side of Purpose:
Individual and Collective Violence in Riots. The Sociological Quarterly.
Daniel J. Myers. 1997. Racial Rioting in the 1960s:
An Event History Analysis of Local Conditions. American Sociological
Review.
James A. Geschwender. 1968. civil rights Protest
and Riots: A Disappearing Distinction. Social Science Quarterly.
Doug McAdam. 1982. Political Process and the
Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. (excerpts).
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. 1966.
The Basis of Black Power.
Larry Neal. 1969. Black Art and Black Liberation.
Ebony.
The Black Panthers. 1966. The Black Panther Platform:
What We Want, What We Believe.
Deborah Johnson and Flint Taylor. 1990. Police
and the Panthers.
Gary T. Marx. 1979. External Efforts to Damage
or Facilitate Movements: Some Patterns, Explanations, Outcomes, and Complications.
In Zald and Mccarthy (eds.) Dynamics of Social Movements.
Malcolm X. 1965. The Ballot or the Bullet.
Eldridge Cleaver. 1968. Requiem for Non-violence.
McCone Commission. 1965. Violence in the City--an
End or a Beginning?
Paul Bullock. 1969. Watts: The Aftermath.
Bergesen, Albert. 1982. Race Riots of 1967: An
Analysis of Police Violence in Detroit and Newark. Journal of Black
Studies.
Richard Nixon. 1966. If Mob Rule Takes Hold in
the U.S. US News and World Report.
Edwin Wills. 1968. Communist Infiltration.
Pete Hamill. 1968. Wallace. Ramparts Magazine.
Michael Novak. 1968. Why Wallace?
Spiro Agnew. 1969. Impudence in the Streets.
Paul Goldberger. 1968. Tony Imperiale Stands Vigilant
for Law and Order. New York Times.
SPRING 1999
Clark McPhail. 1994. The Dark Side of Purpose: Individual and Collective Violence in Riots. The Sociological Quarterly.
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. 1966. The Basis of Black Power.
Larry Neal. 1969. Black Art and Black Liberation. Ebony.
The Black Panthers. 1966. The Black Panther Platform: What We Want, What We Believe.
Deborah Johnson and Flint Taylor. 1990. Police and the Panthers.
Eldridge Cleaver. 1968. Requiem for Non-violence.
Useem, Bert. 1998. Breakdown Theories of Collective Action. Annual Review of Sociology.
Perez and Berg. 1998. UROP Proposal: The Contribution of Policing to Racial Rioting in the 1960s.
Sanchez and Kirvida. 1998. UROP Proposal: The Effects of Desegregation and Administrative Actions on School Riots in the Late 1960s.
Richard Nixon. 1966. If Mob Rule Takes Hold in the U.S. US News and World Report.
Edwin Wills. 1968. Communist Infiltration.
Pete Hamill. 1968. Wallace. Ramparts Magazine.
Michael Novak. 1968. Why Wallace?
Spiro Agnew. 1969. Impudence in the Streets.
Paul Goldberger. 1968. Tony Imperiale Stands Vigilant for Law and Order. New York Times.
William Gamson. 1990. The Success of the Unruly. Excerpt from The Strategy of Social Protests.
Newark. 1968. Excerpt from the Report of the National Commission on Civil Disorders.
Detroit. 1968. Excerpt from the Report of the National Commission on Civil Disorders.
DiPasquale and Glaeser. 1998. The Los Angeles Riot and the Economics of Unrest. Journal of Urban Economics.
Bobby Seale. 1968. Seize the time.
Interview with Akua Njere. 1990.
Wilkins and Clark. 1973. Search and Destroy: A Report by the Commission of Inquiry into the Black Panthers and the Police.
Alsbrook. 1968. The Turn to Violence.
Thomas. 1967. The Separate Worlds of Black, Brown, and White.
Brazier. 1965. Police Maltreatment: Bite My Tongue and Keep My Mouth Shut.
Governor's Commission. 1966. I'm Throwing Rocks Because I'm Tired of a White Man Misusing Me.
Hacker and Harmetz. 1966. The Riot: A Liberating, Identifying Force
