The basic notes are on the syllabus: page 2, Choose a Topic from page 5, write 5 pages covering the topic the in question, provide a reference page for page 6. For example Here is a topic: Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Leader for her People Against Lynching Write a page on who she is as an introduction Explain in depth what it was she did Give examples of her actions and the stories behind them Show how she relates to African American history What is her legacy? Conclusion to your paper should tie up all ends. As always: put name and course info on top left in single space. Rest of paper in double space, with page #s, and a reference page. Now the structure above can go to any topic chosen Final Paper Topics: 1) Science & Racism (drawing from Chapter 9 of Anderson & Stewart, 2015) 2) James Baldwin: his life and works 3) Amiri Baraka: his life and works 4) Langston Hughes: his life and works 5) Zora Neale Hurston: her life and works 6) Reconstruction Era (1865-1877): Explain what happened and how it ended 7) Environmental Racism (drawing from Chapter IX Anderson & Stewart, 2007) 8) Positive Rap & Hip Hop: Is there such a thing? If so, prove it 9) Black Female and Male relationships for the Empowerment of the African American Community 10) Find Five Historical Female Liberation Warriors and Explain their Lives in African American History 11) Sonia Sanchez: her life and works 12) Ella Baker: her life and works 13) Spike Lee: His Contributions to Film 14) Oscar Micheaux: His Contributions to Film 15)Black Lives Do Matter: Why? 16) Marcus Garvey and the UNIA 17) W.E.B. Du Bois and his Contribution to the Intellectual Life of Africana Studies 18) Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Leader of her People Against the Evil of Lynching 19) Molefi Asante & Maulana Karenga and their Contributions to Africana Studies 20) Mary McCleod Bethune: Explain her Relevance to African American Education
