AFRICAN AMERICAN

Search the Internet for groups and organizations promoting racial equality to help you complete this assignment.

Using the information from your web search:

Identify one racial group from the list below:

• African American

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper from one of the perspectives below:

• A historian writing about the racial group in a book chapter

Answer the following questions:

• What have been the experiences of this racial group throughout U.S. history?

• What have been the political, social, and cultural issues and concerns throughout American history?

• What legislation meant to constrain race within prejudicial boundaries was enacted? How did the various groups you researched fight this legislation?

• What legislation meant to alleviate prejudicial boundaries has been enacted? How did the various groups you researched promote this legislation?