Non-Violence

Much of what the NAACP, and eventually Dr. Martin Luther King, stood for was protest without the use of violence. Would you agree that this is the most effective way to win support for a cause? Can you think of a situation where protest must be violent?

A New Understanding

You have finished the rough draft of your research papers--Congratulations! Please share something you learned that you did not know before you began the research process, and connect that information to what we have been studying in class. Why is this particular piece of information interesting or important to you?

Separate But Equal

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the case that legalized segregation in our country, is widely considered to be the worst decision in the history of the Supreme Court. Explain why you agree or disagree with that statement.

This is Unfair

I would like you to make a case, briefly, that African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War. How would you defend this argument, using only one supporting point.....