African American studies _week 4

And, of course, you may ask me questions as well about how to proceed with writing a good essay.

1)  Education:  How do the ideas about African Americans in The Upward Path counter the messages young black people received about themselves in segregated schools and the typical educational materials given to black students at that time?

2)  World War I and The Great Migration:   How did World War I influence black people in the Southern United states to move to other sections of the country?

3)  Political Activities and Oppression:  What were the two most important achievements of the NAACP in this time period to address racial injustice?  Why do you think they were unable to do more about physical crimes like lynching, Red Summer, and the Massacre of Black Wall Street?

4)  "The New Negro" and "The Harlem Renaissance":  Select an artist, musician, or writer from the list provided.  How does this person’s work reflect on what both Langston Hughes and Alain Locke wrote about what black people were experiencing during the 1920s and early 1930s?

Select from these artists:  James Weldon Johnson, Rudolph Fisher, Jean Toomer, Gwendolyn Bennet, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Augusta Savage, James Van Der Zee, and Aaron Douglas.

Please make sure to follow the scoring rubric.

Here is the Rubric that will be used for the Student Essay and Responses in the Weekly Discussions.

Initial Post – 30 points weekly, 10 criteria worth 3 points each: