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What do you see as the two or three major recurrent thematic concerns in African American literature? How do these concerns evolve over time, and to what extent do other works of American literature share them? Based on your reading list, in what directions would you expect future American writers to take their literature?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by DavidY

Essay Prompt: What do you see as the two or three major recurrent thematic concerns in African American literature? How do these concerns evolve over time, and to what extent do other works of American literature share them? Based on your reading list, in what directions would you expect future American writers to take their […]

Explain how the experience of enslaved women as discussed in this book differ from that of slaves in general or of enslaved men as you have learned elsewhere.

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Ambrose

Prompt: Use from book ‘Aren’t I A Woman?’ Explain how the experience of enslaved women as discussed in this book differ from that of slaves in general or of enslaved men as you have learned elsewhere. Make sure to also compare and contrast what you have learned here and elsewhere about the experiences of enslaved […]

Write about any texts that we have read this semester. Analyze any formal aspects and connect those aspects to the larger themes or meanings.

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Ambrose

TEXTBOOK:”Blacks” Gwendolyn Brooks -MLA style 7th-8th edition_ Assignment 1: For this essay, you will enhance close reading with deeper analysis and with three external sources from your Formal Writing Assignment: Annotated Bibliography that will help you make your argument about the text or texts you plan to examine. Write about any texts that we have […]

Argue that Hazel Carby is a legitimate subject to be included in this course.

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Ambrose

Hazel Carby Imperial Intimacies Argue that Hazel Carby is a legitimate subject to be included in this course. Your argument should make that claim.

Prepare a research paper on how graduation rates have risen for African American students over the years.

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Ambrose

How African American Students Have Increased in Graduation Rates Over the years This paper is just a research paper on how graduation rates have risen for African American students over the years.

Imagine yourself in a conversation with author Ta-Nehisi Coates regarding his novel Between the World and Me. Within this conversation, you will identify three or more passages from the text that you specifically would like to dialogue with Coates regarding.

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Ambrose

Letter to Mr.coates You will never really know until you have walked a black mile. cb Assignment: Conversation Essay For this assignment you will imagine yourself in a conversation with author Ta-Nehisi Coates regarding his novel Between the World and Me. Within this conversation, you will identify three or more passages from the text that […]

What does the statement “Black Lives Matter” mean?Discuss

Posted on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 by Ambrose

Reflection Paper Guidelines Show how to engage contemporaneous racial issues that philosophers are commenting upon. Font: Use Times New Roman, with 1-inch margins, and font no bigger than “12.” Be sure to double space. Turn completed assignment into the online drop box. Read the PDF entitled what’s wrong with All Lives Matter? Answer ALL questions […]

Using the sources on African and African American Ethnicity And the African Ethnic Groups Power Point, What do you know about the Ethnic Groups in Nigeria? What does Vanessa Bigaud Really Know about her AFRICAN Ethnicity?Explain

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Ambrose

Review the 23 and Me You Tube Video below. This Woman on her You Tube Channel Shares with her Followers that she received her DNA Results from 23 and Me in which she learns that she is 32.1% “Nigerian” and as you hear different percentages from other African Countries. Our Focus for this Discussion is […]

Using what you learned from your book discussion, electric slides, group paper, and group presentations, write a 3500 word essay that discusses Black mothering and includes the following: Discusses 2-3 quotes from your assigned book. Discussion of relevant literature and sources discussed in this class.

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Ambrose

Mothers of Massive Resistance Using what you learned from your book discussion, electric slides, group paper, and group presentations, write a 3500 word essay that discusses Black mothering and includes the following: Discusses 2-3 quotes from your assigned book. Discussion of relevant literature and sources discussed in this class. Demonstrates an interdisciplinary or intersectional approach. […]

Describe what you thought about the documentary on the Ethiopian Empire and how it ties into regional and world history.

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Ambrose

British slave trade Describe what you thought about the documentary on the Ethiopian Empire and how it ties into regional and world history. Think about some of the things mentioned like contact with Abrahamic faiths, colonialism and ancient diplomatic and economic ties to the Middle East and Asia. Here is the link

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Category: African-American Studies

Explain how the experience of enslaved women as discussed in this book differ from that of slaves in general or of enslaved men as you have learned elsewhere.

Write about any texts that we have read this semester. Analyze any formal aspects and connect those aspects to the larger themes or meanings.

Argue that Hazel Carby is a legitimate subject to be included in this course.

Prepare a research paper on how graduation rates have risen for African American students over the years.

Imagine yourself in a conversation with author Ta-Nehisi Coates regarding his novel Between the World and Me. Within this conversation, you will identify three or more passages from the text that you specifically would like to dialogue with Coates regarding.

What does the statement “Black Lives Matter” mean?Discuss

Using the sources on African and African American Ethnicity And the African Ethnic Groups Power Point, What do you know about the Ethnic Groups in Nigeria? What does Vanessa Bigaud Really Know about her AFRICAN Ethnicity?Explain

Describe what you thought about the documentary on the Ethiopian Empire and how it ties into regional and world history.