Consider the readings/videos/materials assigned thus far in the semester. Write a 1 pg, single spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font paper. The paper should include the following:
•Answer this question: How has the historical context of African American communities informed their experience and cultures of resistance in the United States? Describe and discuss aspects of the historical context and identify systems and structures involved (white supremacy, enslavement, land dispossession, imperialism, capitalism, Jim Crow, Civil Rightspatriarchy, militarism, Black radical tradition, etc.). Write your thoughts, analysis, and reflection of the course content/materials we have explored
-Mostly towards land Dispossession
•you must include TWO quotes/citations from an assigned text/reading for the week.
– https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/great-black-dispossession
Or/and
– A novel called “Rooted” Part One: “The Heist” Chapter 1 through 4
•you must include ONE specific reference to a video or powerpoint assigned for the week (identify details of the part of the video you are discussing)
– https://youtu.be/ldLiR794DsQ
– The title is called “How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land”
•you must include a personal connection; describe something from your personal experience that is related to an aspect of the topics you are writing about (African American history, etc.)
– With this you can research about farm lands in Glenn County California and see if there’s more white farmers than colored farmers. If not I can this myself.
•substantiate your claims; cite the source; 0-50% credit will be given for papers that are full of unsubstantiated opinions that are not supported with the text/materials assigned in this course nor rooted in academic scholarship; in other words, non-academic writing that is not rooted in reality nor social science scholarship is not acceptable
***When references are used, they must be properly cited using a standard and consistent format for MLA. While MLA format is double spaced, we will be writing single spaced write ups. When quoting assigned texts, use MLA format which is the author’s last name and page number like “(Dunbar-Ortiz, 172).”