The topic that I choose for this assignemnt is “Does Josephine Baker represent a positive image of black people?”
Summary:
Short Paper 5 – Hine, Keaton, and Small, eds.
Minimum 750 Words, Times New Roman, 12 Pt Font, Double Spaced
Based on the readings of Black Europe and the African Diaspora, I want you to construct your own question. Think about common themes and topics in the chapters of the book and identify a key idea about the Black Europeans. Possible questions can include colonialism, art, transnational associations, identity politics, etc.
—
For full credit in this essay, references must be made to three chapters of the text. Each chapter has a different author, so you must understand the variances in the presentations of the information presented. Yet, you must bring together the info that allows you to make the stronger arguments possible.
For the SPUNKI, try to focus on using the info from the text that supports the question you plan to answer.
—
To receive a high grade, students must:
– Carefully use Black Europe and the African Diaspora to discuss the idea of cross-national racial unity
– Developing a thesis that identifies a key concept about the history of Black Europeans
– Analyzing the evidence provided by Hine, Keaton, and Small, eds. to develop unique and well-supported ideas
– Respect to Spelling, Grammar, Citations
Paper Organization:
– The paper must include an introduction, several distinct body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
– The introduction must address the time, place, and topic you are writing about. Your introduction should include a thesis statement that states your argument for the essay, and an overview of how you will organize your thoughts and sources.
– The body paragraphs should organize around the main idea including the topic sentence. The following sentences should refer to evidence to support that main idea.
– The conclusion should summarize the essay’s ideas and suggest connections to course themes.
Citations:
– Please Refer to the Writing Guides to use the appropriate format (Chicago, MLA, APA)
– Or, list the last name of the author and then the page number in parenthesis: (Hines, 1)
– YOU ARE ONLY USING BLACK EUROPE AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA for these assignments
Category: African american history
1) How did that particular institution oppress African Americans?
2) In conjunction with other systems, how did that institution assist in marginalizing African Americans?
3) Why was the institution created to restrict African Americans?
4) How did the institution benefit African Americans?
5) How did African Americans gain access to that institution?
6) Where does that institution stand in regards to African Americans today?
Chicago style citation
The topic is how did education systems opress african americans and answer all questions above throughout the 4 page essay
Use two primary sources
Use two articles
Two books
The premise of this assignment is that the Smithsonian Institute is planning to release a limited-edition magazine devoted entirely to African-American history since the end of the Civil War (1865). You have been asked by the Smithsonian Institute to develop a draft of this special one-time issue. The Smithsonian hopes to get an idea of what you will emphasize in your magazine. Before you are granted the contract to write the magazine, the Smithsonian must approve your proposal from among other competitor’s submissions. In order for your proposal to be accepted the magazine editors require that you include features/articles on the important social, economic, cultural and political changes that took place in African-American history since the Civil War.
The magazine editors also have other requirements. Specifically, you need to provide a name for your magazine; your magazine must contain at least two major articles on events/moments before 1945 and at least two major articles on events/moments after 1945. A major article means at least 1000 words each. The articles should not simply be descriptive but also include your own analysis of the events/moments and clearly express why this is significant and critical in understanding African-American history. In order for the editors to verify your information they demand that you provide a separate list of at least 6 historical sources that you used in writing these articles. Only two sources can come from the Internet, and two sources must be from books and two from historical journals. Along with the list of sources, you should write a paragraph for each explaining why these sources are essential in understanding your chosen topic. Your magazine should have a theme. What is the overall story of African-American history in this period? Make sure your articles are related in a way that reveals the theme of your magazine.
Since you are creating a magazine and not a journal, the editors want you to include at least 6 pictures that you feel help to tell African-American history in this period. In fact, when evaluating your proposal, the editors will put great weight (60% content- 40% creativity) on the look and design of your magazine. It should be visually appealing for a mass audience and contain items beyond simple text and articles. The editors encourage you to add creative features in your proposal such as games, puzzles, quizzes, cartoons, or whatever you can imagine that would make your magazine more attractive and interesting for general readers. Finally, your magazine draft must be at least 4000 words and include a word count.
Failure to address these requirements will cause the severest penalty and may result in your termination from the magazine project.
Also with the citations please 2 from the internet , 2 from historical journals and 2 from historical books.
Below I dropped 16 pictures from one of the example magazines
5 Paragraphs. Follow directions attached. Also attached are things went over related to what this paper needs to be written about.
REQUIRED BOOKS (ON RESERVE IN THE LIBRARY—SEE COURSE RESERVES CATALOG):
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clayborne Carson & Martin Luther
King, Jr.); or
Martin Luther King, Jr. (V.P. Franklin); and
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley & Malcolm X)
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS (ON RESERVE IN THE LIBRARY & AVAILABLE ON BLACKBOARD):
Citizen King; or Biography®: Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
Malcolm X: Make it Plain
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (ON RESERVE IN THE LIBRARY & AVAILABLE ON BLACKBOARD):
“Integration Is a False Goal for Blacks” (Malcolm X);
“Nonviolent Resistance Should Remain a Civil Rights Principle,” (MLK and Horace
Julian Bond);
“Liberation by Any Means Necessary” (Malcolm X);
“Blacks Should Strive to Be Part of the American Dream” (MLK); and
“Blacks Can Never Be Part of the American Dream” (Malcolm X);
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (IN CONSTANT STRUGGLE BOOK):
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” (MLK); and
“King as Disturber of the Peace,” (Vincent G. Harding)
Historical Book Review – Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul by Tanisha C. Ford
Writing a book review is one of the fundamental skills that every historian must learn. Your book review should accomplish two main goals:
1. Lay out Dr. Ford’s argument, and
2. Most importantly, critique the historical argument.
It is important to remember that a book review is not a book report. You need to do more than simply lay out the contents or plot-line of a book. You may briefly summarize the historical narrative or content, but you must focus your review on the historical argument being made and how effectively the author has supported this argument with historical evidence. If you can, you may also fit that argument into the wider historiography about the subject.
The ‘How to … ‘ of Historical Book Reviews
Writing a book review may seem very difficult, but in fact there are some simple rules you can follow to make the process much easier.
Use the following Steps to create an outline
Step 1.
Before you read, find out about the author’s prior work
What academic discipline was the author trained in? What other books, articles, or conference papers has s/he written? How does this book relate to or follow from the previous work of the author? Has the author or this book won any awards? This information helps you understand the author’s argument and critique the book.
Step 2.
As you read, write notes for each of the following topics.
Write a few sentences about the author’s approach or genre of history.
Is the focus on gender? Class? Race? Politics? Culture? Labor? Law? Something else? A combination? If you can identify the type of history the historian has written, it will be easier to determine the historical argument the author is making.
Step 3.
Summarize the author’s subject and argument.
In a few sentences, describe the time period, major events, geographical scope and group or groups of people who are being investigated in the book. Why has the author chosen the starting and ending dates of the book’s narrative? Next, discover the major thesis or theses of the book, the argument(s) that the author makes and attempts to support with evidence. These are usually, but not always, presented in a book’s introduction. It might help to look for the major question that the author is attempting to answer and then try to write his or her answer to that question in a sentence or two. Sometimes there is a broad argument supported by a series of supporting arguments. It is not always easy to discern the main argument, but this is the most important part of your book review.
Step 4.
What is the structure of the book?
Are the chapters organized chronologically, thematically, by group of historical actors, from general to specific, or in some other way? How does the structure of the work enhance or detract from the argument?
Step 5.
Look closely at the kinds of evidence the author has used to prove the argument.
Is the argument based on data, narrative, or both? Are narrative anecdotes the basis of the argument or do they supplement other evidence? Are there other kinds of evidence that the author should have included? Is the evidence convincing? If so, find a particularly supportive example and explain how it supports the author’s thesis. If not, give an example and explain what part of the argument is not supported by evidence. You may find that some evidence works, while some does not. Explain both sides, give examples, and let your readers know what you think, overall.
Step 6.
Closely related to the kinds of evidence are the kinds of sources the author uses.
What different kinds of primary sources are used? What type of source is most important in the argument? Do these sources allow the author to adequately explore the subject? Are there important issues that the author cannot address based on these sources?
How about the secondary sources? Are there one or more secondary books that the author seems to lean heavily on in support of the argument? Are there works that the author disagrees with in the text? This will tell the reader how the work fits into the historiography of the subject and whether it is presenting a major new interpretation.
Step 7.
Is the argument convincing as a whole?
Is there a particular place where it breaks down? Why? Is there a particular element that works best? Why? Would you recommend this book to others, and if so, for whom is it appropriate? General readers? Undergraduates? Graduates and specialists in this historical subject? Why? Would you put any qualifications on that recommendation?
Now it is time to write the paper.
After having written up your analyses of each of these topics, you are ready to compose your review. Everything on the next page must be included in the Book Review. The following is the grading rubric.
Introduction – do not label the paragraphs. You must cite your sources. Write your review in essay format, not like you are just answering questions
· Introduce the author and provide background information about the author and a brief overview of the monograph.
· Introduction must include a brief statement placing the work under review in its appropriate historical context
· Provide a restatement of author’s thesis – cite the page where you find the thesis statement.
· Relevance to African American history
Strengths/Weaknesses – do not label the paragraphs
· Student must identify and use examples from the book to support or illustrate examples of specific strengths and weaknesses of the work (must discuss in detail a minimum of two strength and two weaknesses and footnote your sources in proper Chicago style)
Historical Reception – do not label the paragraphs
Students must use the TSU Library Learning Center online database for this portion of the review. You will click on Databases and then click on J, then click JSTOR, then type in Liberated Threads in the search window and you will see reviews for the book.
· Student must identify and use at least two professional historical reviews, which appear in peer reviewed academic journals and newspapers to describe the reception of the work by professional historians and the general public. You must footnote the information that you pull from the book reviews.
· Why does the reviewer say the work was significant?
· According to the professional historian, did the author support his/her arguments?
· What did professional historians identify as the strengths and weaknesses of the work?
Conclusion – do not label the paragraph
· Student must provide their overall evaluation of the text. State your recommendations for readership
· What do you see as the most important aspects of the work
· Did the text help you to understand this historical topic any better?
· What is your opinion about the text?
Format Requirements:
Your paper must be typed in Times New Roman font 12pt only. The style for footnoting is Chicago style only. The book review must be a minimum of three-pages. This does not include the bibliography page. This is an upper-level history class and all students have been exposed to and used Chicago style in your history courses, and it is the required format for the discipline (there is no exception). You will be provided a template and a note and bibliography guide, and the expectation is that you will follow the guide and email me or come to office hours with questions. Your papers must have clearly defined paragraphs and edited before submission. This is an academic endeavor and the only sources you are allowed to use are the assigned book, internet source for information on the author (Wikipedia is not a source) and the professional historical reviews you will look up on JSTOR. Please note that I will know if you have not read the book (I have read it – I know the argument), simply reading book reviews is not enough, I will know if that is all you did and your grade will reflect your failure to read the book (YOU MUST READ THE BOOK, so I hope you followed the reading guide I set in the syllabus and posted on Blackboard)
Ford, Tanisha C. Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
The desire to break boundaries, Washington, Du Bois, and Garvey three of the most controversial figures of the turn of the 20th century in the realm of African-American progress, where Dubois, Washington and Garvey, while all fighting for change and recognition of the black population, they had incredible oppositional views and solutions. How did these men differ in their approach? what was their relationship with one another? Why were there opinions so troublesome for America and at what time? In the end how did it play out? What type of reputation did they bill for themselves? You have to be insightful here research these men and their contributions deeply .
YOU SHOULD BEGIN WRITING YOUR PAPER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE. Start reading the text now. The book is called 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup. The basis of your term paper must be to show how Northrup’s life as an American citizen then as an enslaved person relates to themes in the lectures: Slavery & Social Death, Slavery in Early Colonial America, and Slave Narratives.
a .doc or html file. Rich text or other document forms are not accepted. The writing formats for this history course are MLA, APA, or Turabian writing styles.
White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing Writing Assignment
African American History 2382
After reading this powerful story of self-discovery, students will discuss the author’s changing views of her mother, the choice to pass as a white woman during 20th Century America.
In your responses, use direct quotes, complete sentence and supporting examples from the textbook (White Like Her and From Slavery to Freedom).
1). What events occurred in Jim Crow Louisiana and the South that caused the author’s mother to make this decision? How did her mother successfully exist in two separate worlds? Review the chapters that address 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s.
2). What events happened that caused the author to question her mother’s ethnicity, and how would you react if you discovered someone in a family passed for another race?
3). How did the author find forgiveness and acceptance of her mother and personal identity?
4). Historically speaking and reflecting on the From Slavery to Freedom reading material, would you be supportive if you discovered a family secret of passing? Consider the Plessy v. Ferguson case, WWII, Civil Rights and the those events that alters your life and perspective in the 21st?
THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY IT”S DISCUSSION POST ASIGNMENT!
Watch the video
1-How did the Supreme Court justify its decision concerning Dred Scott, the citizenship of African Americans, and the role of the federal government in regulating slavery?
(To put it another way: the decision was so hypocritical, right? Reading what the Court said, how do you interpret they tried to deal with the contradictions of this decision?)
2- REPLY to 2 POSTS ( I will provide you with 2 Posts after you write the discussion Post)