INSTRUCTIONS
Before you begin, review the discussion guidelines and sample discussion post located in the Course Overview section. Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, choose ONE of the following questions to answer, and then give a substantive response to at least TWO other students or the professor. Aim for around 300 words per initial discussion post. A substantive response is not just a one-liner post that agrees or compliments your peer. Instead, substantive posts ask relevant questions, offer new insights, and dig deeper into the topic in order to create an academic discussion. Aim for around 100 words in each response.
Note that academic weeks at UMGC begin on Wednesdays and end on Tuesdays. Initial discussion posts are due by Saturday at 11:30PM ET and at least two responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on Tuesday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 6
- Compare and contrast one law from the era of slavery and one law from the era of racial segregation. What were their similarities and differences?
- What were some of the contributions of African Americans in politics during and after Reconstruction in the South? Be sure to describe at least two examples in your answer.
- How did African American activists and intellectuals define and engage in Pan-Africanism? Be sure to select at least two individuals to highlight in your answer.
- Compare and contrast the origins of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. What were the similarities and differences?
- Discuss the goals and politics of the Black Panther Party. Why did they take issue with some of the more well-known civil rights leaders of their time?
- Discuss the evolution of policing from the slave patrols to strike breakers to today's criminal justice system. How has the institution of policing directly connected to the maintaining of capitalism?