Global Decolonization and the post WWII “Developing World” and Civil Rights and Social Justice movements in the “Developed World” Instructions: Compose a 4-to-6 page essay here on the Canvas site, with the equivalent of double-spaced text, standard font and 1 margins, that summarizes what you see as the contents of the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, Nehrus Speech on the Granting of Indian Independence, the Proclamation of the Algerian FLN, de Gaulles Speech at Constantine, Kenyattas The African Union is not the Mau Mau, Nkrumahs I Speak of Freedom, Castros Second Declaration of Havana, and Allendes Speech to the UN; and then considers the contents of the documents contained in the “Civil Rights Documents” handout, including George Wallace’s Segregation Now, Segregation Forever speech, Martin Luther King, Jr’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Malcolm X’s Ballot or the Bullet speech, James Baldwin’s My Dungeon Shook, the NOW’s Statement of Purpose, the Student Demands and testimony of the students involved in the 1968 East LA Blowouts, and the Gay Liberation Front’s Platform Statement and American Civil Rights and Social Justice movements in the context of Global Decolonization. Your analysis should include analysis of the context of these sources (in what era and what society are they written and how might events taking place at the time have influenced the ideas/philosophies of each document), an analysis of each source, as well as a comparison between them as they are all roughly contemporary of each other, an assessment of the various contexts of “decolonization”, and an evaluation of the impacts of the ideas each of the authors express and results of their efforts, both on their societies as well as on the world today. This assignment must be submitted in essay format with an introduction, main body, and conclusion. Further research outside the provided sources and other course materials is not required for this essay. If you want to contrast these documents and societies to others we have read/studied thus far, please feel free to do so. Again, no additional research is required. Please cite the documents or textbook when you quote or paraphrase them and please note that Wikipedia or other such sites are not appropriate for college-level essays. Below are some study questions and topics to help you focus your comparative analysis on these various global societies and movements. This assignment must be submitted in essay format with an introduction, thesis, main body, and conclusion not just simply a list of answers to the study questions. Study Questions: 1. What is the context of each of these documents what is going on in the World and in their societies when these leaders compose these speeches/statements of policy? 2. What are the common philosophies shared by these leaders? 3. What documents, ideas, philosophies, leaders, and/or philosophers, either historical or contemporary to these documents, influence the philosophies and calls to action contained within these documents? 4. For those societies that had been British colonies, how does the experience of having been a British colonies impact/affect the philosophies/calls to action for those societies? 5. For those societies that had been French colonies, how does the experience of having been a French colonies impact/affect the philosophies/calls to action for those societies? 6. For those societies that had been Spanish colonies but had been independent prior to WWII, how does their experience impact/affect the philosophies/calls to action for those societies? 7. For those societies that had been directly involved in WWII, how does that experience impact/affect the philosophies/calls to action for those societies? 8. Compare the goals/calls to action/philosophies between formerly British, formerly French, and formerly Spanish states what accounts for similarities and for differences between them/among them? 9. Compare the goals/calls to action/philosophies between African states, Asian states, and states in the Americas what accounts for similarities and for differences between them/among them? 10. What was the reaction to these philosophies and calls to action? What were some of the results of these philosophies and calls to action? What accounts for differing reactions and results? 11. Finally, evaluate the philosophies and calls to action within these documents and their impacts on both their era as well as their ongoing impacts in the contemporary 2021 world.
