Article Assignment “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Read the letter (article) carefully and respond to the following questions: 1. Paragraphs #1, #2, and #3. Dr. King explains why he is in Birmingham. He goes on to state that he does not consider himself to be an “outside agitator.” How does he counter the “outside agitator” viewpoint […]
End The War On Black Americans: A Call To Defund The Police Argument (15%): How clear and relevant was your argument, and how did you back it up with evidence? Analysis (20%): Did you give a relatively complete account of the topic? How much thought did you put into adequately discussing and analyzing the relevant […]
Read Ch. 1,2, & 4 of Somebody Scream and watch music videos by Boogie Down Productions (You Must Learn, Love is Gonna Getcha), Public Enemy (Fight the Power), X Clan (Funkin Lesson), and Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five (The Message). Utilizing the following readings: Ch. 1,2, &4 of Somebody Scream, Ch. 2 of […]
Annotated Source List Overview The field of African-American Studies is a relatively new area of research and instruction in many institutions. According to Azevedo (2019), the need for the study originated from the concerns of black students of predominantly white institutions who felt the need for the black experience to be shared. Several institutions responded […]
Discussion on Beloved by Morrison Discuss the crucial role of the community throughout the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. Use examples to support your argument.
Discussion on Into the Fire episode to Beloved Discuss the aspects of “Into the Fire (1861-1896)” from the PBS series, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross that help you understand the context of Beloved (PART I chapter 1-chapter11) by Toni Morrison. Compare and contrast; what are the similarities between the episode and the book, […]
Reflective Paper Write a reflective paper that compares and contrasts religious and racial prejudice in the 1920s to religious and racial prejudices in the communities of which you are part. How do your communities contribute to and/or challenge white Protestant hegemony and anti-Black racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism? By focusing on the communities of which you […]
Write a 5-page (double-spaced) essay, comparing and contrasting the feminist ideologies explored in Angela Davis’s “I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama” and those described in one other text from the syllabus (Hurston, Collins, Duncan, Combahee, Griffin, or Lorde). In this paper you must provide analytical readings of the texts. Your paper should identify and […]
Reference link discussion Read the novel “Song of Solomon” passage in which the reference occurs (novel pages 54-55); then read the material in the reference link; and finally, reread the passage in light of the new information. Your response should discuss what you knew about the reference initially and how the material in the link […]
Writing Topic: “What’s in a Name: Embedded Histories in Morrison’s Song of Solomon.” This topic builds on class discussions of what lies beneath names-not only our own nicknames, but those of the many characters in Morrison’s Song of Solomon as well. Choose three characters from Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon and write a 4-6 page […]
