- Why were the specific freedoms granted by the three Reconstruction Amendments especially significant? What protections against discrimination do they not cover? (Hint: think about what grants citizens positions of power/success in this country.)
- What are several examples of how these freedoms were subverted in the Jim Crow system in the South?
- How did African Americans respond to and resist these oppressions?
- What is the significance of confronting this historical narrative today–BOTH oppressive measures and resistance measures?
Stories to compare: Thoma King’s ‘The Baby in the Airmail Box ” and Susan Swan’s ‘The Man Doll’
Description Using the following essay prompts, create a specific argument. 1) In many works of literature, romantic relationships between characters create, clarify, or complicate central themes of the work; or, in other words, these texts use a romantic relationship—positive or negative —to contribute to the meaning of the work as