Topic: For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on School desegregation in Boston focusing on the forced busing put in motion by federal judge Wendall Graitty that mandated that blacks and whites ride the same buses while going to school. It then turned violent and with the civil rights movement Brown vs. Board of education the segregation of the whites and blacks was ruled unconstitutional, and the case was won.
The question I am attempting to answer is: Did forced busing resolve the issue of desegregation? Did Graitty know that things would get violent? Was he trying to prove a point or purposely start a riot?
How did the Brown v. Board of education come about?
Why did a debate start once a minority race got included with Caucasian race?
Some search terms used to were Wendall GRAITTY, Brown V. Board of EDUCATION, forced and busing, desegregation in Boston.
Using my web search I have a found a primary source “Digital Public Library of America” Busing and Beyond: School desegregation in Boston that gives inserts and letters from those that were involved in the situation. Some secondary sources is articles to Judge Wendall found on National Archives Catalog” Opinion of U.S. District Court Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity”. This is an article discussing the Judge’s point of view. Another secondary source I am using is Britannica.com, I will use this source to get more information as to why the desegregation led to this case, and why it took this case to make a change to everything
Assignment info: It is time to put the finishing touches on the writing plan for your historical event analysis essay. Reopen firstname_lastname.Writing_Plan and review what you have written to date. Be sure that you have already incorporated any feedback you have received from your instructor.
If you like, you can cut and paste these different elements into a single, separate document—or you can make all your edits to the current document.
Either way, the first step is to delete the section headings (e.g., Sources or Audience and Message).
Next, use transitional language*—transitional words, phrases, or sentences—to guide the reader from one section to the next. Transitions help smooth out your writing, by helping readers see the logical connection between two sentences, paragraphs or sections; when readers see how the pieces of your essay fit together logically, it’s easier for them to make the jump from one piece to another.
A good transition will show the reader how these two sources relate to each other logically. For instance, do they both tell similar stories, or do they deal with two different sets of circumstances? Note the transitional sentence in bold italics:
Finally, add context and explanatory information. What makes your topic historically significant? Why did you choose to use these particular sources—what unique insights do they provide? And how do they help you to present your argument?
When you are done, you should have a document that looks something like the sample below—a sample writing plan on the debate over ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Read it over as a reminder of what’s expected in your own writing plan; pay particular attention to the sections on thesis statement, audience, and message.
