What did the New Deal do for Blacks? The black press said that the National Recovery Administration (NRA) actually stood for “Negro Run Around” or “Negroes Ruined Again.” Why did they write this? What examples can you find that support or refute these slogans?

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Discussion board

Final reminder about videos. We hope that these assist you and either reinforce the content from the text OR add new ideas to reflect upon. These are intended to add to the textbook as another way to learn the material NOT to replace (please consider this bit of advice as you encounter any upcoming videos in the classroom).

Choose one of the topics for your main post. Respond to at least one student who answered a different question from you. The answers should come from your textbook, the book of primary source documents, the assigned website, the lecture, videos, and the research you conducted.

1. What did the New Deal do for Blacks? The black press said that the National Recovery Administration (NRA) actually stood for “Negro Run Around” or “Negroes Ruined Again.” Why did they write this? What examples can you find that support or refute these slogans?

2. How did James Baldwin compare the African-American experience to the Algerian experience in France? Why did Baldwin go to France?

3. Historians recognize the importance of model figures. In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s which African Americans were model figures to African Americans? How did they influence white Americans to see African Americans differently?

4. Explain what the Black Cabinet was and who was in it? Was this a political move by FDR to gain the Black Vote?

5. Discuss A. Philip Randolph, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and what this meant for the Civil Rights Movement that will be developed after WWII?

Describe how Walter McMillian reacted to being arrested and being placed on death row. How did the prision staff treat Herbert Richardson on the day he was executed? How does Stevenson explain this treatment?

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CASE STUDY

Respond to the following questions, providing concrete examples from the reading to illustrate your points. Provide evidence that you read the chaptes.

1.Describe how Walter McMillian reacted to being arrested and being placed on death row.

2. How did the prision staff treat Herbert Richardson on the day he was executed? How does Stevenson explain this treatment?

3. In what ways did the judicial system fail to protect Charlie?

 

Describe your concept of diversity, and what experiences have you had that inform your thoughts.

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What diversity means to me

WRITING PROMPT:
Describe your concept of diversity, and what experiences have you had that inform your thoughts.

Write a 500-750 word essay that explains how African Americans have shaped either a community, a country, or an idea, and what status quo was created, perpetuated, or disrupted during the process.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Write a 500-750 word essay that explains how African Americans have shaped either a community, a country, or an idea, and what status quo was created, perpetuated, or disrupted during the process.

Use any of these sources (5 total):

AN INTRODUCTION TO AFROFUTURISM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NwjCObi6yARAEcXIQNecUnCyzBYASRbS/view?usp=sharing
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-slavery-made-modern-world/

Differences between classrooms of today and those of 1968 and 1993. How would the classrooms of 1968 and 1993 have handled Dr. King and Maya Angelou’s speeches and how would today’s class handle the speeches?

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Differences between classrooms of today and those of 1968 and 1993

Differences between classrooms of today and those of 1968 and 1993. How would the classrooms of 1968 and 1993 have handled Dr. King and Maya Angelou’s speeches and how would today’s class handle the speeches?

Discuss the theme of love sickness in Dreaming in Cuban. Discuss the female character’s struggle with identity in any text. According to Cristina Garcia, “the family is hostile to the individual.” Discuss this statement using any text.

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CASE STUDY

Write a short paper of about 3-5 pages on any one of the following questions. You will discuss one of the following questions using quotations from the text to support your response.

1. Discuss the theme of love sickness in Dreaming in Cuban.

2. Discuss the female character’s struggle with identity in any text.

3. According to Cristina Garcia, “the family is hostile to the individual.” Discuss this statement using any text.

Write a MINIMUM of 450 words on topics of Beloved directed by Jonathan Demme and on the topic of The Devil in America. Also, write about Black Horror and the themes of both of these.

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Beloved and Devil in American 450 words minimum

Write a MINIMUM of 450 words on topics of Beloved directed by Jonathan Demme and on the topic of The Devil in America. Also, write about Black Horror and the themes of both of these. Note that blog posts will be checked for plagiarism.

Identify and discuss the basic ideals and principles of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government.

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American Studies Question

Instructions:
You must write an essay (1000 words minimum) in which you address the following two questions or topics:
The fundamental values that inform how are democratic government is legitimated and organized are enshrined on the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of the United States.

1. Identify and discuss the basic ideals and principles of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government.

2. Identify the most important Supreme Court cases and executive actions and their impact on law and on our society.

What are the most important differences between these books in terms of how they represent American Indian education? And how do you account for those differences?

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Representation of the Schooling of Native Children

Francis La Flesche’s The Middle Five and Zitkala-Sa’s American Indian Stories both offer a representation of the schooling of Native children by White educators. Both are fictionalized narratives based on the authors’ own childhood memories. However, these representations also differ in important aspects, such as tone, narrative, and the level of critique they offer of American-style education. What are the most important differences between these books in terms of how they represent American Indian education? And how do you account for those differences?

Quotes used must be relevant to how each of the texts/authors represent schooling.

Link to The Middle Five:
https://archive.org/details/middlefiveindian00lafl/page/n5/mode/2up

Select ONE of the secondary sources from your Annotated Bibliography #1 list. You should review the source again, very carefully, to clearly determine (1) the main point of the source, (2) some of the major issues raised in it, and (3) how the source relates to your research plan.

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Critical Reading Response #1

Due Date: February 24, 2023, by 11:59pm

Critical Reading Responses
For this assignment, you are to select ONE of the secondary sources from your Annotated Bibliography #1 list. You should review the source again, very carefully, to clearly determine (1) the main point of the source, (2) some of the major issues raised in it, and (3) how the source relates to your research plan.

Each response should be about 300 words (one paragraph, one page, typed, double spaced). These responses should be a critical exploration of the source.

The reading response should ask critical questions—and explore possible answers—about the issues involved in the source. Responses should display careful thinking, beyond just surface details like summary or description. For these Critical Responses, you should consider that your objective is to demonstrate how the researched source supports your main idea for your project. Responses that explore a single issue or a couple of issues in “depth” will receive better grades than those that raise several issues, but only superficially. I am asking for a close reading in these responses; I am asking you to suggest how the source fits into the framework of one or two of the various issues raised in your thesis. Overall, the objective of these responses is to provide you with an avenue to build and demonstrate your critical thinking on your research topic.

The objective of these responses is to:
1. Provide an examination of how the secondary source considered for this exercise fits into your overall plan for the research project. You should provide an ample discussion of the source and apply it to your thesis to show how it will allow you to accomplish your stated goal in the thesis. Note: Do not merely summarize the source. Instead, you should discuss how it connects to your thesis.

2. Help you be more selective about the sources you choose for use in your research project. With a clear understanding of your plan (thesis statement), you will better gage the impact the secondary source will have on you supporting/arguing the thesis.

3. Help you to critically reflect on the thesis of the project. The secondary source should allow you to further demonstrate effective critical thinking on the subject.

4. Employ MLA citation (you must cite the course using correct and current MLA format). Note: Please provide your bibliographic citation at the top of the page. You should present your Revised Topic, Revised Thesis, and Source Citation at the top of the page.

5. Demonstrate effective use of Paraphrase and Summary techniques. Although quotes are allowed, you should consider using paraphrase and summary more as these methods encourage the interpretation and comprehension of the readings.