Students are not allowed to consult any additional written or electronic sources and use them to completion of this exam. No direct quotations are allowed in this exam. Collaborative work among students is not allowed. Your own words and your own voice are at the core of this assignment. The goal is to showcase the vocabulary, theoretical concepts etc that you have developed over the past semester. Please note that all papers will be checked for plagiarism.
Question one: The quotes below from Assata help answer the question of how Assata Shakur maintained her dignity during incarceration and trial.
– “I don’t give anyone respect when they don’t respect me.” P.48
– “I’m going to live as hard as i can and as full as i can until i die.” P. 93
– “I had to make a statement. I had to talk to my people and let them know what I was about, where I was really coming from.” P.49
– “I continued to refuse most food.” P. 145
– “Gradually, I began to know the women. They were all kind to me and treated me like a sister.” P. 53
— Student choose their own quote. If you take this option then please write the quote down in the response.
Paragraph one: Choose two of the quotes above and briefly explain the context of each quote.
Paragraph 2 and 3: Analyze how each quote reflects Assata Shakur’s survival strategies.
Question two: On the first page of the introduction to her book Beyond Respectability Dr. Brittany Cooper asks “What does it mean to be a race woman?”
Paragraph one: In your own words how does Cooper define this concept of “race woman” ?
Paragraph two and three: Is Assata Shakur a “race woman” according to this definition? What is your evidence for this? Use examples from Assata’s life.
Question three: Compare and contrast Assata Shakur’s experience of confinement in the 1970s to Harriet Jacobs’ experience of confinement in the mid 19th century.
Paragraph one: Assata Shakur’s experiences of unfreedom
Paragraph two: Harriet Jacobs experiences of unfreedom
Paragraph three: Comparison
Harriet jacobs book “https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html”
Assata Sakur “https://libcom.org/files/assataauto.pdf”
