Discussion Board
o Do you agree with Peniel Joseph's assessment of the legacy of the Black Power/Black Panther movements? In other words, what does Joseph state are these movements' main achievements that have left a positive legacy for African Americans to 2021? Are those achievements as noteworthy as Joseph thinks they are? Your thesis will make a claim answering these questions but will also continue after the word "because....."
o From The Poetry Foundation's Website, look up articles about Nikki Giovanni. Do you think that her poem "Nikki-Rosa" (also at this website) fits into what the Black Arts Movement was about as a movement beyond civil rights and into authentic black expression? Your thesis will make a claim about what the Black Arts Movement stood for and how NG's poetry in the 1960s and early 1970s was a part of what BAM was trying to do (or not).
o What would you argue were the most important recommendations from the Kerner Commission Report that would have assisted with mitigating racism in the U.S. in the late 1960s and early 1970s? Your thesis will be: "The most important recommendations emanating from the Kerner Commission report were ____ and ____ because if our nation had done those two things, X would have happened."
o Both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are under attack. Go to The Brennan Center for Justice and read about the threats to voting that are occurring now. What is the "For the People Act"? Your thesis should be why you think Congress should pass this Act as soon as possible (or not) because . . . .
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.