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AMH 2020 ONLINE: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1

Due Date – Please see Course Calendar

Remember for ALL homework assignments: o Prepare and submit your work using WORD 97 or later.

This assignment is worth 100 homework points

Complete the following:

ACTIVITY #1

Link to the Boley Reading:

Download the reading accessed through the link below:

Once you have downloaded this document, read it and prepare a paragraph or two – length

response to the following. Be sure to answer ALL the questions. 1) In his closing sentence,

Booker T. Washington, the author of this work concluded that Boley, Oklahoma represented,

“…another chapter in the long struggle of the negro for moral, industrial, and political freedom.”

Based on your reading of the document and the description of Boley it provides, in what ways

does Boley, Oklahoma reflect Washington’s conclusions? 2) Given the period of time in

question, were segregated towns a viable option for blacks to achieve equality during that time?

Why or Why not? HINT: Draw upon your reading of Chapter 18 and the class and Canvas

presentation notes posted “A New South.”

HINTS FOR COMPLETION :

Please bear in mind that people wrote and spoke quite differently in 1908 than we do today.

Use of the word “Negro” was acceptable when referring to African Americans, and so you will

encounter this word frequently in this reading. Please refrain from using this word in your

essays unless you are quoting something directly from the passage. Otherwise, you will be using

an outdated and therefore offensive term, and this will affect your grade.

ACTIVITY #2

Look at the image below and write a one – two paragraph response to the questions that follow.

Write a one-two paragraph analysis explaining the meaning behind the image and the tone of

the artist that created it. Do you feel that the cartoonist has a positive or negative view of