discuss the ways in which CLR James’ History of Negro Revolt shows the difference between “revolt” “civil war” and “unrest” vs. “revolution”
Major Debates in African American Studies Short Essay Assignment You must write a 4-6 page essay that critically analyzes one of the following works: W.E.B Dubois, The Souls of Black Folk, due Friday, February 8th OR C.LR. James A History of Pan-African Revolt, due Friday, February 22nd OR Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black […]
1.Why did Africans own slaves? 2.What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery? 3.Who was Celia? What happen to her? 4.How did Northerners limit the rights of free Africans? 5.How was the democratic party different from today’s party? 6.What obstcles did free Africans in the North face? 7.What problems did free Africans in the […]
Failure of the Back-to-Africa movement Analyze and describe why there was not significant migration of freed African American slaves back to the Africa. Why did the “Back to Africa” movement not pick up steam in the 18th and 19th century? Why did the US government not facilitate the return of African Americans back to their […]
Scramble for Africa: David Livingstone- (1813-1873) Why did Europeans scramble to carve up this continent? How did Livingstone represent them?. http://livingstone.library.ucla.edu/1871diary/index.htm
