Black power essay

Please choose one of the following questions to address in your essay. Essays should be 4-5 double-spaced pages in length, must include a title and a thesis statement, and use specific examples from your course materials to support your assertions. All sources of information referenced in your paper should be cited using Turabian format footnotes and bibliography. Outside research may NOT be used for this assignment; however, you may reference any assigned readings, films, and class lectures to support your analysis.

Submissions that do not meet these basic requirements will NOT receive credit.

Essays will be evaluated based on the execution and effectiveness of your argument, analysis, and writing. Please write for a non-specialist audience and be sure to explain the historical context and your ideas fully. Essays that analyze specific examples from written texts and/or draw examples from multiple sources as evidence to support the argument will be more successful than essays that do not incorporate clear evidence or rely only on films or class lectures as sources.

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Essay Questions:

1. What were some of the key concerns for Black Power activists in the mid-2oth century? What disabilities did African Americans face in society, and what solutions did they seek to improve their status?

2. How did Black activists understand their position in American society and the sources of their oppression? In what ways did activists embrace or reject the language of democracy and American national myths/ideologies to understand their position or claim their rights?

3. What factors contributed to the development of Black Power activism before Stokely Carmichael popularized the term “Black Power” in 1966? How did the national and international political context impact the strategies employed by Black activists in the 1950s and early 1960s?

in microsoft word there should be a way to include footnotes and citations, could you write the essay in a way of a first year college student, I kind of think the 1st question is easy but you’re free to do whatever, all sources do not have to be used