Saturday, February 16, 2013

African American History

Paper instructions:
In 2000 words (approximately 7 pages) or more, write a term essay on one of the following topics (variations on these topics, or other topics entirely, may be chosen in consultation with the instructor):

1.The relationship between the cultures of West Africa and African American culture as it was constructed and reconstructed before and after Emancipation.
2.Gender relations and the experience of African American women under slavery.
3.The nature of Reconstruction and its importance to subsequent African American history.
4.The forms, strategies, and campaigns of the African American freedom movement and its leading figures during the period of Jim Crow (1880s to 1950s).
5.Continuity and change in the African American musical (or literary, or artistic) tradition, from slavery to hip hop.
6.The relationship of African American workers to the various forms and organizations of the labor movement from Reconstruction to the present.
7.Women, gender, and the freedom movement from Reconstruction (or in some other substantial period – say the 1880s through the 1930s, the 1930s through the 1960s, etc.)
8.Continuity and change in the black freedom movement from the 1930s through the 1960s.
9.The continuities of and differences between the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements.
10.Fundamental changes in the lives of African Americans in the last three decades and why these occurred.
These essays require at least five significant outside (that is, apart from assigned texts) sources (scholarly articles, books, very developed scholarly Web sites). You should properly cite all your sources, including any of the assigned class texts.
 

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