Great Migration, DuBois, Madame CJ Walker

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Great Migration, DuBois, Madame CJ Walker

Short Essay #2 (10%): Great Migration, DuBois, Madame CJ Walker

The second short essay assignment may be a reaction paper reflecting on Discover Channel’s video, The Promised Land (1995); a reaction paper reflecting on California Newsreel’s video, WEB Du Bois, A Biography in Four Voices (1997); a reaction paper reflecting on the 1988 video Two Dollars and A Dream; or, a short essay on the movement of African Americans out of the South (Turner-Sadler, Chapter 7). 

Instructions

Eight weeks into the course, we have been exposed to several readings that comment on African American responses to Jim Crow and life in the Southern United States, on the debates between WEB Du Bois and BT Washington, Marcus Garvey and others, and on the roles played by African Americans in the segregated US armed forces and World War I.  We have also discussed the movements of African Americans out of the South via the chapter by Joanne Turner-Sadler.  This assignment requires you to reflect on those videos and sources (on D2L), and the discussions in class which followed the screenings, to write and submit online a three-page (reaction) paper.

Please select one of the questions under “Questions to consider” and write a short (three-page) (reaction) paper that answers the question and issues therein and, conforms to the guidelines provided in the D2L “Handy-Dandy Guide to Writing a Reaction Paper”.  This assignment is due by 11:59 pm on Saturday, December 5, 2015 to avoid late penalty. 

Questions to consider

 1.      Using Joanne Tuner-Sadler’s (2011) Chapter 7 or other sources available to you, write a short essay that explains why almost two million African Americans left the South in “The Great Northern Migration” at the turn of the 20^th century.  Discuss the reasons for and the nature of the migrations to the North, West, and Midwest.

 2.      Write a short reaction paper on the video about the movement of African Americans out of the South (Mississippi Delta).  What new things did you learn from the video about those who moved out of the Mississippi Delta and/or their reasons for moving to Chicago?  How would you rate the video as a device for learning about “The Great Northern Migration”?

 3.      Write a short reaction paper on the video about the life and times of WEB Du Bois.  What new things did you learn from the video about Du Bois and his relationships with the NAACP, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and others?  How would you rate the video as a device for learning about the life and times of WEB Du Bois?

 4.      Write a short reaction paper on the video about Madam CJ Walker and skin and hair care products.  What new things did you learn from the video about African Americans in the post-civil war era?  How would you rate the video as device for learning about African American history?