What is the biggest obstacle to racial unity in 2016?

1. Short Answers: For each, provide identifying clues (Who/What/Where/When); and Why the term is important to our course. The best responses will be a paragraph in length.

1. “Coons, Bucks, Mammies, and Uncle Toms” on film
2. Lynchings
3. Tuskegee Institute
4. Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois
5. Jack Johnson
6. The Great Migration
7. AIDS epidemic
8. Shirley Chisolm
9. Marcus Garvey
10. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
11. White flight

1. Essays: The best essays will be six to eight pages in length and will have an introduction, supporting paragraphs, and conclusion. You should also make reference to the textbook, and discussions (including your articles) where appropriate.

1. What are the most important developments in African American society in the twentieth and early twenty-first century? Out of everything we have discussed and talked about in the period since the Civil War, what three issues/problems/events would you focus on as essential? What do people still not understand about these issues? How would you correct this? What stories did we not discuss that you think are important?

2. What is the biggest obstacle to racial unity in 2016? Do you consider the current situation to be positive or negative? Why? What are the major concerns you see developing for African Americans in the future? How do these relate to what we’ve talked about in the past? What are some positive signs in racial interactions in 2016? What are the negative? How has the media contributed or not contributed to these misconceptions about race in America?

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