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Topic: What it will take for African Americans to be freed from racism and inequality ( Maintain self Identity)

The long analysis paper should include the following elements:
• An introduction in which you provide a brief background to the issue, indicating its significance.
• A clearly stated claim/thesis at the end of the introduction. This will be your opinion about the issue, but do not say "In my opinion".
• A statement and rebuttal of differing opinions on the issue.
• Your own argument in support of your claim. Your argument should comprise reasons and evidence for holding your opinion.
• A conclusion that leaves your audience with no doubt about your stance.

PROMPT:
The reading assignments and supplemental information offer an examination of the historical, political, and cultural landscapes od African American literature that began in the early 20th century to the present. The readings have offered analyses on how the messages of cultural awareness, self-reliance, nationalism, community, civil rights, and identity were part of the continuing dialogue between African Americans and the world they lived and exist in today.

For this final paper, students are responsible for developing their own paper topics. The only requirement is that regardless of the topic, the essay must use at least three of the works reviewed this semester and offer an analysis that examines one or more of the following areas:

• Social, legal, and cultural shifts versus "on the ground reality"

• Literary movements associated with the Harlem Renaissance, Realism/Modernism, Black Arts, and/or post-1975
• Use of Voice/Audience
• Protest
• Revision of the Black Aesthetic

1. Write a critical essay that examines an issue specific to the Black community. Include a viable solution.

RESEARCH
You are expected to cite at least five (5) outside sources, with no more than two (2) sources from the course textbook. You should have already read and analyzed relevant sources in your annotated bibliography. Feel free to use sources you did not include in your annotated bibliography. Remember a strong paper, will have a strong thesis statement. Sources should be of the highest academic standards (peer-reviewed journals, critical essays, book reviews, etc. no Wikipedia sources allowed)

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
An annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources.

PURPOSE
• To learn about a specific topic: Writing an annotated bibliography is excellent preparation for a long analysis paper project. Just collecting sources for a bibliography is useful, but when one has to write annotations for each source, one is forced to read each source more carefully. This stimulates critical research instead of just collecting information.
• To evaluate sources for credibility, reliability, and relevance.
• To help formulate a thesis: Every good analysis is an argument. The purpose of research is to first clarify, and then support a thesis. So a very important part of research is developing a thesis that is debatable, interesting, and current.
• Writing an annotated bibliography can help one gain a good perspective on what is being said about a specific topic. By reading and responding to a variety of sources on a topic, one can determine what the issues are and what people are arguing about.

ASSIGNMENT
Compile an annotated bibliography of four (4) sources (no more than two (2) Here my sources are W.E. B. Du Bois " double consciousness" and Alain Locke " The New Negro" can be from the course assignments) intended for the approved researched paper. For each source, provide the following information (the letters in the example summary correspond to the required information listed below and should not be included in the draft or final):

a. Bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc. [Bedford chapter 56]).
b. What type of writing is it? What is the purpose for writing the article/book? Who is the intended audience? (one or two sentences)
c. A summary of the source: What is the point of this book or article? What are the main arguments? What topics are covered? The summary should be written in the third person. (three to four sentences)
d. An evaluation of the source: Assess the reliability and credibility of the source, and state how it fits into your research. (one sentence)

Attachment:- Racism and inequality.rar