{"id":10907,"date":"2023-03-28T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/using-the-monograph-and-other-relevant-course-materials-assess-the-utility-of-the-automobile-to-african-americans-in-the-years-from-the-great-depression-and-the-post-war-civil-rights-revolution-i\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:57:55","slug":"using-the-monograph-and-other-relevant-course-materials-assess-the-utility-of-the-automobile-to-african-americans-in-the-years-from-the-great-depression-and-the-post-war-civil-rights-revolution-i","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/using-the-monograph-and-other-relevant-course-materials-assess-the-utility-of-the-automobile-to-african-americans-in-the-years-from-the-great-depression-and-the-post-war-civil-rights-revolution-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the monograph and other relevant course materials, assess the utility of the automobile to African Americans in the years from the Great Depression and the post-war Civil Rights Revolution. I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book: Gretchen Sorin, Driving While Black: African American Travel and the<\/p>\n

Road to Civil Rights (New York: Liveright\/Norton, 2020). <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Prompt:<\/div>\n
Early in her work Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil<\/div>\n
Rights, Gretchen Sorin outlines the critical role of the automobile for African Americans during<\/div>\n
the twentieth century. In particular, she argues that the automobile provided a \u201cnew freedom\u201d<\/div>\n
for African Americans during a time when so many were denied a sense of agency.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Using the monograph and other relevant course materials, assess the utility of the<\/div>\n
automobile to African Americans in the years from the Great Depression and the post-war Civil<\/div>\n
Rights Revolution. In formulating your argument, please consider the broader context of the<\/div>\n
time and the place of race (and tensions over race) within the United States. What were some of<\/div>\n
the dangers that people of color faced during this time, and how did the automobile provide an<\/div>\n
opportunity to combat such perils? What was the relationship between the automobile and the<\/div>\n
Civil Rights Movement? What was the meaning of the automobile for mobility and agency in<\/div>\n
the twentieth century? In your essay, you do not have to answer all of these questions directly\u2014<\/div>\n
instead, use them to guide your thinking about the role of the automobile in African-American<\/div>\n
life.<\/div>\n
Your essay must present a clear thesis in its introductory paragraph, after which you must<\/div>\n
cite at least three concrete examples from the book to support your argument. Contextualize<\/div>\n
these examples by drawing from broader thematic materials from our class. No outside sources<\/div>\n
should be usedEarly in her work Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil<\/div>\n
Rights, Gretchen Sorin outlines the critical role of the automobile for African Americans during<\/div>\n
the twentieth century. In particular, she argues that the automobile provided a \u201cnew freedom\u201d<\/div>\n
for African Americans during a time when so many were denied a sense of agency.<\/div>\n
Using the monograph and other relevant course materials, assess the utility of the<\/div>\n
automobile to African Americans in the years from the Great Depression and the post-war Civil<\/div>\n
Rights Revolution. In formulating your argument, please consider the broader context of the<\/div>\n
time and the place of race (and tensions over race) within the United States. What were some of<\/div>\n
the dangers that people of color faced during this time, and how did the automobile provide an<\/div>\n
opportunity to combat such perils? What was the relationship between the automobile and the<\/div>\n
Civil Rights Movement? What was the meaning of the automobile for mobility and agency in<\/div>\n
the twentieth century? In your essay, you do not have to answer all of these questions directly\u2014<\/div>\n
instead, use them to guide your thinking about the role of the automobile in African-American<\/div>\n
life.<\/div>\n
Your essay must present a clear thesis in its introductory paragraph, after which you must<\/div>\n
cite at least three concrete examples from the book to support your argument. Contextualize<\/div>\n
these examples by drawing from broader thematic materials from our class. No outside sources<\/div>\n
should be used<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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