Thursday, March 19, 2015

Democratizing Twentieth Century America - Homework - Due Friday, March 20

1 - Read and construct a primary source analysis for:

a)  Document #7 - Fair Play For Cuba Committee - Cuba: A Declaration of Conscience by Afro-Americans: Advertisement in the New York Post (Gosse, 55-56)

b) Document #8 - Fannie Lou Hamer - Remembering 1962 (Gosse, 61-64)

c) Document # 16 - Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII (Gosse, 82 -84)

d) Document # 17 - Sally Belfrage - Remembering Freedom Summer (Gosse, 84 -86)

2 - Be prepared to present at least one quote from one of these documents to use as evidence in your essay.

3 - Be prepared to present at least one quote from one of the introductions to the documents that you can use as evidence in your essay.

**Please be prepared to make a presentation that indicates a sophisticated understanding of both the text and your own claim/arguments

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