Assignment

Guidelines

• Your paper will be carefully researched 5 pages long excluding the title page; double-spaced & typed in 12-point font).

• It must include a review of a minimum of four scholarly sources from relevant journal articles, book chapters or relevant documentaries

• It must be properly cited within the essay using MLA or APA citation format.

• If you cite direct quotations be sure to include author's last name and page numbers of the cited sources

• Your essay must be well organized with all the requirements of an academic paper such as a title, introduction explaining the significance of your topic and its relevance to Africana Studies and ideas framed into a logical essay with supporting details and a conclusion.

• Submissions may not be creative pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays.

Topic

• The concept of freedom and how people of African heritage have had a quest for freedom, debated freedom and fought for it has been driven by their experiences in various historical events: slavery, colonialism, Jim Crow laws, Apartheid regime in South Africa and women and men's fight against gender inequality, Workers fight for social justice etc.). Select one example of a struggle for freedom from those listed above and research information pertaining to the following:

• What led people to fight for freedom in the area you have chosen?

• Who were some of the participants that played leading roles in these struggles?

• Describe the tactics they used to fight for freedom and assess their effectiveness.

• What were some of the major accomplishments (at least three)?

• To what extent has society benefitted from this struggle?

• What more needs to be done in this specific area to create a greater impact?