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Ferguson Syllabus
This syllabus focuses on the death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the subsequent non-indictment of Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed him. The syllabus was created for a first-year composition class by Evan Kindley, Visiting Instructor in the Department of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. It is in part the result of crowd-sourced conversation that began on Facebook.
URBAN is thankful for the opportunity to share this syllabus. In the spirit of providing the authentic context from which this syllabus was created, the email written by Mr. Kindley to his students is included. (more…)