Thesis driven written commentary
Write a 350-500 word thesis-driven written commentary (12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double-spaced with footnotes for evidence) via Turnitin on Canvas in response to the following question:
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE VIEWPOINTS ON RACE OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, W.E.B. DUBOIS, AND MARCUS GARVEY. HOW ARE THEY SIMILAR AND HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
Feel free to extend your analysis into the future and incorporate the viewpoints of later civil rights leaders in order to establish connections with subsequent impacts. Draw your analysis chiefly from the assigned PDF primary source readings for this week and quote or cite evidence from these documents as your basis for argumentation. You may also cite the professor’s lecture or the recommended American Horizons textbook, but these latter two sources should supplement your overall analysis, not act as a replacement for the assigned weekly PDF readings. Be sure to structure your analysis as a thesis-driven argument. Do not limit your writing to simply describing what the documents say or what occurred historically.
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During the late 19th century, African Americans were going through a difficult phase due to racial discrimination, legal disenfranchisement, and limited educational and employment opportunities. The white people did not allow blacks to have skilled and decent jobs because they were mostly uneducated. Likewise,
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