African American women are usually not recognized as leaders. Of course, we must define what a leader is. We want to bring these women back into history. There were fewer African American women leaders then, so I will not require that each of you find someone different. This forum is for after Reconstruction and before World War II. You are to use the library or the course bibliography and must have at least one source from the library or course bibliography. However, for this forum, you may also search online. If you do, you will be graded on the quality of the website, and you must justify the academic quality of the website. In other words, you must use the information below and write in a paragraph (not as part of the essay) how you know your website was an academic one. Grading will be with the grading rubric for essays. Therefore, you cannot use the textbook or encyclopedias.
The CRAP test will help you learn what an academic source is:
- Currency: How old is it? Is it up-to-date? Or is it a primary source document?
- Reliability and Relevance: What is the source of the information? Is it relevant to your topic? Who published it? Is it peer-reviewed? Is there a bias?
- Authority: Who is the author? What are their credentials? What is their field of expertise?
- Purpose or Point-of-View: What is the author's intention? Who is it written for (which audience)? Is this a primary source or secondary document? Is it a tertiary document (not allowed)?
For online sources, you must ask addition questions. What is the domain (.edu?)? Who publishes the site, or sponsors it? Is it recent (has it been updated)? Are there advertisements or signs that it is a poorly designed website with all kinds of distractions? Is the site supposed to be an academic one? Or is it someone's pet project?
Remember that this is a formal essay and you need an introduction, body, and conclusion. Responses in this forum are encouraged but will not be graded. I want you to be free to write what you want in your responses. You must cite and use at least one academic source. Responses are not required and will not be graded, but I encourage you to engage in discussion with other students.
300 word minimum
https://www.apus.edu/apus-library/index.html