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Discussion Post: Divergent Views on the American Dream
Read Chapter 25 from Give Me Liberty. (You can also go to American Yawp. and read Chapter 27)
Read Viewpoints 29A and 29B under the Turbulent Sixties. Blacks Should Strive to be Part of the American
Dream and Blacks Can Never Be Part of the American Dream. Check the Files to access and download the Viewpoints reading labeled Viewpoints - Civil Rights or click here to access: Viewpoints - Civil Rights.
In your submitted free response, complete each of the following:
1) Summarize the main ideas of Blacks Should Strive to be Part of the American Dream and Blacks Can Never Be Part of the American Dream. In addition, briefly describe the main historical differences between the two excerpts.
2) For Blacks Should Strive to be Part of the American Dream, briefly identify and explain ONE piece of relevant historical evidence (from your chapter text readings; not explicitly mentioned in the Viewpoints) that supports the main ideas.
3) For Blacks Can Never Be Part of the American Dream, briefly identify and explain ONE piece of relevant historical evidence (from your chapter text readings; not explicitly mentioned in the Viewpoints) that supports the main ideas.