Assignment Task:
Please read the Curry article and view the video productions in the module content section. Also, please identify a contradiction addressed in Curry's article. These discrepancies were identified by Wells-Barnett and T. Thomas Fortune in their many articles and their work. Also explain, in your words, the 'agitationist philosophy.' Understanding such will be important as we trace various protest/media themes over the course of the quarter.
Also, what is the meaning of 'prolegomenon' per the article title?
Article:
"The Fortune of Wells: Ida B. Wells-Barnett's Use of T. Thomas Fortune's Philosophy of Social Agitation as a Prolegomenon to Militant Civil Rights Activism" by Tommy J. Curry
YouTube Video:
- Birth of a Nation Clip 5
- Birth of a Nation Clip 2