Why were boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and other forms of nonviolent protest so effective in the fight against segregation?
1. This assignment contains three short essays that cover the time period between 1940 and 1970. Choose three from among the below six prompts. Each essay should be 400-600 words in length. 2. These prompts refer to the “black freedom struggle,” which is a term that encompasses the activism of World War II, the civil rights movement, and the black power movement. Each essay can focus either on a narrow portion of this time period, or the entirety of it. 3. cite at least three different readings (total) across your essays but are welcome to cite more. 4.PROMPTS a. Why were boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and other forms of nonviolent protest so effective in the fight against segregation? b. Explain the role of non-black people in the black freedom struggle. c. How did communism and anti-communism shape the black freedom struggle? d. Explain the role, aims, and purpose of militancy in the black freedom struggle. e. How did ideas about gender, manhood, and womanhood shape the black freedom struggle? f. What was the relationship between the struggle for black freedom in the United States and global freedom struggles?
