RACC Welcome

RACC 2012

The Department of Social Sciences (DSS) welcomes you to Reading Across the Campus and Community (RACC 2012). Once again we are focused on creating a collegial program centered on reading, provocative analysis and discussion. This is our contribution to the students of Alabama A&M University and community as we encourage you to become life-long readers and scholars. This year’s selected work is At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance --- a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle McGuire. In cooperation with the Department of Athletics, the Social Work Club and the Learning Resources Center (LRC) we have established a semester long series of activities aimed at providing greater insight on issues and concerns addressed in the book. Of particular note, we are very grateful to Diane McArthur of the LRC for building our Second Life feature. We strongly encourage you to learn how to access and venture into the Second Life venue. Post to this blog will include a RACC 2012 Agenda of activities, a RACC 2012 Pretest and a RACC 2012 Study Guide and Discussion Questions. We encourage you to share your views and perspectives via our on-campus discussions and this blog. The DSS faculty initiated RACC, but our goal and continuing emphasis is for you the students and community to take ownership of the process as an extra-curricular, self-directed program of study and learning.