Posted: July 29th, 2019
The Little Rock Nine
Primary sources are the objects through which we can construct a narrative of African American history, life, and culture. In particular, the field of African American History is committed to interdisciplinary research that analyzes these primary sources by locating them within a complex web of social, historical, political, and economic contexts. Through this assignment, you will become an active researcher in the field of African American History, rather than simply a student of other scholars’ research. Your assignment must be five pages and include the websites where the documents are located. You can search for primary source documents at archives.gov; loc.gov, and libguides.lib.msu.edu/Africanamericans. Your paper must also include two secondary sources (books). Please use Chicago style in your paper. Research paper topics are due under Week 3 Lessons.
In this assignment, you will select primary documents and pose the following question:
How does my chosen document contribute to understanding the period in which the document was produced?
On your way to answering this question you might consider the following:
• How is this document important to the period under study?
• How does your document reflect, intervene and/or comment upon its historical moment?
Paper uses 12 point font
Paper is double spaced
Paper has a title page with student name, title of paper, and professor’s name
Paper uses the Chicago Manual of Style for endnotes or footnotes. See Perdue Owl assignment under Week 1.
Paper has 1 inch margins throughout the paper
Paper is spelled-check and error free
Paper includes a bibliography page showing the sources used in the paper
Paper is not plagiarized and represents your own work. Please note plagiarism software will be used to check your research paper.
