Journal: For this assignment write a response to the following prompt and, in a word document, upload it to the dropbox required. Please address the question, use the text for support, and provide the proper APA format.
Prompt: Conformity isn’t necessarily a bad thing since it is something required for society to work, but making one group conform for the benefit of another is quite different. Each man talks about conformity and how it has been forced upon his race, the negative effects of this forced suppression, and why help should be offered to end the forciable conforming of African Americans. Choose one of the readings listed below and discuss how conformity plays a role in what the authors are arguing for and against. Remember to use the text for support.
- Frederick Douglass: Bio; “Reconstruction”
- Albion W. Tourgee: Bio; “Speech in Favor of the Letter to Joseph C. Abbott”
- Robert Brown Eliot; Bio; “The Civil Rights Bill”