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Write a 3-4 page paper or record a 15 minute presentation that responds to the following prompt. Cite any outside sources in APA format.
Choose one of the following topics provided below that relates to our primary source documents and fully respond to its attendant questions:
Segregation: According to the majority in Plessy, why does segregation not violate the Fourteenth Amendment? Why does this argument fail, according to the lone dissenter Justice Harlan? Why can African American history of this period be legitimately divided into “before Plessy” and “after Plessy?”
The Vote: Why is “negro rule” not a threat, according to William Whipper? How does he appeal to his hostile white audience to maintain the black vote? What moral force underpins his appeal? Why does he speak when he will not “change a single vote?” What will provide hope and direction to black leaders after the sweep of disenfranchisement in the South? What political action is available to them?
Lynching: How did whites justify lynching? Why did they get away with it? How does Wells appeal to the American conscience and refute the justifications of lynching? What methods of recourse are recommended by Wells? by the Cleveland Gazette? How does intimidation through terror function today?
Students have the option of submitting a combination of written text, images, video, or audio that allows them to fully explain and support their responses. Regardless of format, your assignment must include a References page in APA format that includes and outside sources included in your assignment. If recording an audiovisual element to accompany your written response, you can use Screencast-O-Matic (Links to an external site.) to create a video you can upload and share through YouTube.
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