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AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS

Comparative Analysis

Fall 2018

Instructions

Select two books, one from the list below and the other of your choice, to write a comparative analysis. The analysis can compare the similarities and/or contrast the differences. The comparison or contrast must include a discussion on the impact the books (subjects/issues) have on African American politics or political thought.

Format

The analysis should not exceed four pages (excluding the title and reference pages) in APA format. The Writing Guide posted on D2L/Brightspace provides information on the appropriate formatting.

Due Date

This assignment should be submitted to the D2L/Brightspace dropbox by 8:00 p.m. on November 16, 2018.

Political Behavior

Hanes Jr., W., Smith, R. C., and Wallace, S. L. (Eighth Edition, 2017). American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom. New York, NY: Routledge.

Guinier, L. (1998). Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setbacks into a New Vision of Social Justice. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Smiley, T. (2016). The Covenant with Black America – Ten Years Later. New York, NY: Hay House, Inc.

King, Jr. M.L. (1968). Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press.

Jennings, J. (2000). The Politics of Black Empowerment: The Transformation of Black Activism in Urban America. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press

Race & Society

West, C. R. and Glaude, E. S. (2003). African American Religious Thought: An Anthology. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press.

Tolnay, S.E. (1995). A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930. Urbana/Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press.

Reid, J. (2015). Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

DuBois, W.E.B. (1994 Reprint, Originally published in 1903).The Souls of Black Folk. USA: Dover Publications, Inc.

Ellison, R. (1952, Copyright Renewed 1980). The Invisible Man. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

Hughes, L. (1933). The Ways of White Folks. New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc.

Bell, D. A. (1992). Faces at the Bottom of the Well. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Malcolm X / Shabazz, B. (1965). Malcolm X Talks to Young People. New York, NY: Pathfinder Press

Lewis, J. (1998). Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster

Institutions & Public Policy

Rigueur, L. W. (2015). The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Gillespie, A. (2012) The New Black Politician: Corey Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America. New York, NY: New York University Press.

Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: New York, NY: The New Press.

Obama, B. H. (2006). The Audacity of Hope. New York, NY: The Rivers Press/Random House, Inc.

Harris, K. (2009). Smart on Crime. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

West, A. (2014). Guardian of the Republic. New York, NY: Crown Forum/Random House, LLC.