How did James Baldwin compare the African-American experience to the Algerian experience in France?

Instructions

Choose one of the topics for your main post. Respond to at least one student who answered a different question from you. The answers should come from your textbook, the book of primary source documents, the assigned website, the lecture, videos, and the research you conducted in the APUS Library. Respond as many times as you wish. Your two best responses will be graded. Check the Note. The initial post with well referenced facts is due by Wednesday, 11:55 p.m. ET and 2 peer responses are due by Friday, 11:55 p.m. ET. Do not research on the Internet.

1. What did the New Deal do for African Americans? The Black press said that the National Recovery Administration (NRA) actually stood for “Negro Run Around” or “Negroes Ruined Again.” Why did they write this? What examples can you find that support or refute these slogans?
2. How did James Baldwin compare the African-American experience to the Algerian experience in France? Why did Baldwin go to France?
3. Historians recognize the importance of model figures. In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s which African Americans were model figures to African Americans? How did they influence white Americans to see African Americans differently?
4. Explain what the Black Cabinet was and who was in it.  Was this a political move by FDR to gain the Black Vote?
5. Discuss A. Philip Randolph, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and what this meant for the Civil Rights Movement that will be developed after WWII?

Instructions

Choose one of the topics for your main post. Respond to at least one student who answered a different question from you. The answers should come from your textbook, the book of primary source documents, the assigned website, the lecture, videos, and the research you conducted in the APUS Library. Respond as many times as you wish. Your two best responses will be graded. Check the Note. The initial post with well referenced facts is due by Wednesday, 11:55 p.m. ET and 2 peer responses are due by Friday, 11:55 p.m. ET. Do not research on the Internet.

1. What did the New Deal do for African Americans? The Black press said that the National Recovery Administration (NRA) actually stood for “Negro Run Around” or “Negroes Ruined Again.” Why did they write this? What examples can you find that support or refute these slogans?
2. How did James Baldwin compare the African-American experience to the Algerian experience in France? Why did Baldwin go to France?
3. Historians recognize the importance of model figures. In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s which African Americans were model figures to African Americans? How did they influence white Americans to see African Americans differently?
4. Explain what the Black Cabinet was and who was in it.  Was this a political move by FDR to gain the Black Vote?
5. Discuss A. Philip Randolph, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and what this meant for the Civil Rights Movement that will be developed after WWII?

Instructions

Thousands and thousands of African Americans wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt for help from 1932 to 1944.

Assume an African American character and write from the perspective of the character. What would be the obstacles faced by people of color during the Great Depression or the war years?  Explain the issues in your letter and ask for specific help on those matters.  Also in a separate paragraph below your letter, explain why you chose to write what you did. What inspired you to write on the topics, situations or events that were discussed in your letter?

Post your letter (in character)

One way to help you prepare for your letter is to research writing letters during the Great Depression to President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.  In addition,  some websites you can look at for this Discussion: Eleanore Roosevelt and Civil Rights, George Washington University  and “Please Help US Mr. President”: Black Americans Write to FDR

You can also Google: “Black Americans write to Eleanor Roosevelt.” You will see multiple images of actual letters written to the First Lady.

Do not use Wikipedia for this Discussion. Please use at least one academic source from the library.

Your posts must be at least 300 words in content. In-depth explanations of the exact expectations are located in the Discussion area of the class.

1. You will need to have at least 300 words in this post plus full references due Friday …Research must be done in the library using JSTOR database or other sources that are creditable.