What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?

What does Ralph Ellison see as stumbling blocks hindering Black Americans from entering the middle class? Have these stumbling blocks changed throughout time?

Why did Black voters vote in greater numbers for Republicans in the first 70 years after the Civil War?

How did the classical period view issues of race? What misinterpretations made classical art (especially sculptures) associated with whiteness?

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been achieved? Why or why not?