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ESSAY 2 DIRECTIONS
Based on your reading of “Colored Women of America” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and “Club Work of Colored Women” by Mary Church Terrell (Bracey Readings 8 and 10); “Plessy v. Ferguson” (Bracey Reading 11); and “Letters of Black Migrants” edited by Carter G. Woodson and “Long Old Road” by Horace Cayton (Bracey Readings 12 and 13), address the following questions in your essay:
Part One:
Based on your reading of “Colored Women in America,” how does Harper assess the progress of African-American women following emancipation? According to Terrell in “Club Work of Colored Women,” what have the been the roles of black women’s clubs? How have they contributed to racial uplift? What differences do you see in how Harper and Terrell discuss the role(s) of black women in the African-American community? Be thorough and specific in your answers.
Part Two:
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, how does Justice Henry Billings Brown present the Majority Opinion by the Supreme Court in “Plessy v. Ferguson”? What arguments are made by the Court in the Majority Opinion that allow them to draw the conclusion that “separate is equal”? How does Justice John Marshall Harlan present the Dissenting Opinion? What arguments are made by Harlan that challenge the Majority Opinion? What are YOUR reactions to both positions? Be thorough and specific in your answers.
Part Three:
Based on your reading of “Letters of Black Migrants,” how do African Americans in the South articulate their desire to leave? What reasons do they give for wanting to leave the South? How does Cayton in “Long Old Road” describe the reality of life in the Urban North? How does he discuss the social and economic conditions of African Americans in the North as opposed to the South? Do you believe his observations affirmed the hopes that African Americans had for a better life in the North? Be thorough and specific in your answers.
FORMAT AND GRADING:
The essay is worth 25 points. To receive full credit, you must address all of the questions listed in all three parts.
The essay must have an introduction and a conclusion.
The essay must be 800 words minimum. Essays under 800 words of text will receive a zero.
The paper must be typed in 12 font in any standard academic font, double-spaced, and have one-inch margins.
Make sure you put your name on the essay!!
You are not to cut and paste from the text and you are not to use outside sources. The essay is to be written in your own words, including any examples from the readings that you use. If you choose to use a direct quote from the readings, it should only be used to back up a point that you are making. Make sure that you cite where in the readings you received your information (e.g. Bracey, p. 15). If you take any information from a source and do not cite it, this is plagiarism. If any plagiarism is detected, the essay grade will be an automatic zero…no exceptions!! You are also to have a work cited page listing the sources used. (This will NOT count toward the 800-word minimum!!)
This essay is a formal writing assignment. In addition to the quality of the content (e.g. the soundness of your argument), pay close attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and paragraph structure. PROOFREAD!! USE SPELL CHECK!! Read your essay out loud to yourself before you submit it. If it does not make sense to you, IT WILL NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME!! If there are grammatical errors, spelling errors, and/or poorly constructed paragraphs, points will be deducted from your grade.
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