Essay Assignment
Instructions
Part I: Identifications
This section requires you to write short answers to each identification question. There are 20 identification questions worth 10 points each for 200 points total. Each answer must address who, what, when, where, and why in the identification.
Each answer should be no more than one paragraph in length (4-5 sentences or 100-150 words). You are not required to include citations. Each answer must:
A. Identify the individual named, author, event, and other key individuals and groups.
B. Discuss what the identification term or name is about.
C. Describe when it occurred.
D. Describe where it occurred.
E. Explain why the individual, group, or event is significant for understanding African American Studies.
Listed below are twenty identification terms you will need to answer in Part One of the exam. You must answer all twenty terms to receive full credit. DO NOT copy and paste language from classroom resources or any other source. This is an act of plagiarism and is a violation of the academic integrity pledge you signed.
The twenty identification terms are drawn from Weeks 5-8 of the AASP 201 classroom resources. Please use your class readings first to answer the terms before resorting to outside sources.
• Ethnic Studies
• Black Studies
• Civil Rights
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Black Panther Party
• Angela Davis
• March on Washington
• NAACP
• Niagara Movement
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Racism
• Message to the Grassroots
• National Association of Black Journalists
• Kathleen Cleaver
• Huey Newton
• Racial Segregation in the military
• Vietnam War
• Black Power
Part II: Essay
You are required to answer one of three essay questions described below. The essay portion must be 4 to 5 pages in length.
The Argument section (3 to 4 pages) should incorporate pertinent details from the assigned readings but you may also use outside readings. The section must provide relevant historical evidence to support the thesis and the key claims made in the argument as needed. It should maintain focus and avoid sidetracking. It should present your answer to the question clearly and concisely in an organized manner and it should be free of grammar and spelling errors.
The essay portion is included below. Answer one of the essay questions below:
• Examine the 10-point plan of the Black Panther Party. How can this plan impact the issues that impact society today?
• Interrogate the use of music and art as a form of resistance during the Harlem Renaissance?
• Identify and write your paper on one Civil Rights and Black Power leader. (Examples could be Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Bessie Smith, etc)
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.