ESSAY DATE: Thu May 24
IN CLASS ESSAY RULES:
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You may bring an outline. Make sure it is an outline, not a series of sentences. You know the difference;
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You may bring Moody, any other Civil Rights book, or other sources;
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You may not use electronics during the essay;
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You will have the whole period to write your essay;
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You may not ask your instructor how long the essay should be; the essay should have an introduction and conclusion and various body paragraphs. The essay should be detailed with names, dates, organizations, and anything else that helps you make your case;
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Your essay will be judged on the strength of the argument and the quality of evidence that you employ to prove your case.
Your essay will be judged on the argument. What this means is that I expect standard English but not perfect form or perfect grammar and spelling.
You may choose one of the following questions:
1. What was the role of organizations and individuals in the Civil Rights movement and/or resistance against it?
2. Was the strategy of non-violence in the Civil Rights movement realistic? Was it effective? Why did some activists turn away from non-violence?
3. The traditional story of Civil Rights focuses on the big events, the main characters, and the key pieces of legislation. How does the story change if we add individuals on the sidelines?
4. What was the role of music in the Civil Rights movement?
5. Based on your analysis of the culture of evidence, were the most important changes of Civil Rights to law and politics or to the hearts and minds of the generations during and after the period in question?
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Hello professor Brett, this is Sonia Morales from your 3:15 PM class. I would like to write about question #1, but I am having trouble understand exactly what it is that the question is asking. May you please clarify I would be very thankful.
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