University of California Los Angeles The African American Equality Struggle Essay

I’m working on a african studies writing question and need a sample draft to help me study.

I’m working on a african studies writing question and need a sample draft to help me study.

Prompt: Map, assess, and analyze the continuity of how African Americans in the United States continue to struggle for Freedom and Equality. What are the systems, institutions, policies and informal practices that render Blacks second-class citizens? How have African Americans collectively fought and challenged these practices? What can we learn from the specific social organizations and leaders(political, artistic, scholars) of the Black community who have made great efforts to create a village and offer different visions and tactics to improve the lives of Black people?

Requirements

12-pt font/double-spaced Times New Roman font

5 page maximum and minimum

Make sure to delve into a specific thread/theme in order to provide in-depth analysis and not summary

Can talk about multiple themes as long as it relates to prompt and thesis

Two max concepts throughout paper to support thesis

At least 4 readings/texts as sources required (plus documentaries for support)

No reference or title page(just author)

Analysis, not description and summarization

Be critical, be specific

Minimize quotes – best to paraphrase

Intro and Conclusion should be 1-2 sentences and very short, focus on analysis

Please turn in a polished/proofread paper

Required Readings (minimum of 4 readings)

Book : Chocolate Cities by M.A. Hunter and Robinson (chapters 6, 8, 9,10 ,12, 14)

Text: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement by Aldon Morris (chapters 2 and 10)

Text: Black Leadership: Four Great American Leaders and the Struggle for Civil Rights by Manning Marble (chapters: intro, 9 and 12)

Text: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (chapters: intro, chapter 5)

Text: “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color” Stanford law Review (1991): 1241-1299.

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/covid-v…

Article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-racial-trauma-…

Documentaries for Additional Support of Paper(optional but helpful):

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (on Kanopy)

Back to the Movement 1979-Mid80’s (PBS)

Kimberle Crenshaw: The Urgency of Intersectionality (Online)

Whose Streets (on Kanopy)