What was life like for African Americans in Post-Civil War America, as described by Du Bois in “The Souls of Black Folk”?
In writing your essay, be sure to discuss the impact American life has had on shaping African Americans’ identities, thinking processes and goals, and how the culture and/or politics of Du Bois’ epoch* relates to the culture and/or politics of time periods going forward.
*epoch: a period of time in history or a person’s life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics:
The essay should:
• Be 5-6 pages, including the Works Cited page
• Have one inch margins all around
• Follow MLA formatting
• Be double-spaced from beginning to end
• Be paginated
• Have 12 point font
• Have Times New Roman typesetting
• Include a minimum of two secondary research sources, in addition to Dubois’ primary (original) source, The Souls of Black Folk
Students can research an aspect of their choice(s) relevant to the prompt and to Part 1 of The Souls of Black Folk.
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