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Primary Source Presentation. History Assignment.

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- This paper should be able to present for no longer than 10 miuntes.
- An African American Soldier Notes the “Strange Paradox” of the War (1944) is my primary source. This is what the paper should be written on.

 

PRIMARY SOURCE PRESENTATION
Primary sources are materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic under consideration, either as participants or as witnesses. These sources provide the evidence on which historians rely in order to describe or interpret the past.”
—Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
Primary sources are the foundation of all historical research and writing They include archival materials, manuscripts, journals, diaries, letters, speeches, memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories, published books, newspapers, magazines, government documents, organizational records, video and/or audio recordings, films, photographs, and artifacts. Our course textbook contains a wide range of primary sources from 1865 to the present.
Assignment: You will facilitate a discussion on a primary source document assigned to you from our textbook. A schedule will be handed out to the class early in the semester. Your presentation and class discussion should last no longer than ten minutes. The rubric by which you will be evaluated is below:
Document Introduction (20 points): What type of document is it? Who is the author? Who is the audience? When was it written? What is the historical context?
Analysis of Document (25 points): Summarize the document. What argument or points does the document make? Is it reliable? Are there any evident problems, issues, missing information, or counterpoints?
Applicability of Document to Contemporary Context (15 points): How does the document illuminate or speak to issues or events of its own time? Applicability of Document to Modern Context (15 points): How does the document illuminate or speak to issues or events of our time?
Two Thoughtful Questions to the Class (20 points): Come up with two creative, thoughtful, and specific questions for the class.
Visual Aid (5 points): Email the instructor the day prior to your presentation a picture or photograph
related to your document.

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Document Introduction
The document, titled “An African-American Soldier Notes the “Strange Paradox” of the War” is a letter written by an African-American soldier in the Armed Forces of the United States named Charles F. Wilson. The letter was addressed to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt calling his attention to the treatment of African-American soldiers. It was written on 9th May 1944 after President Roosevelt had stated the aims of the Armed Forces of the United States’ war in a press conference. Specifically, the letter addressed some of the issues that African-American soldiers were facing in their bases at a time when the country was making progress towards the elimination of racism, especially in the workplace. In his statement, President Roosevelt had said that “The United Nations are fighting to make a world in which tyranny and aggression cannot exist; a world based upon freedom, equality, and justice; a world in which all persons, regardless of race, color and creed, may live in peace, honor, and dignity (p.1).” …This statement was the direct opposite of what was happening to African-American soldiers who were still experiencing racial segregation and were only assigned housekeeping duties while their white counterparts were sent to fight. Yet, the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) was also fighting against the practice of assigning black people the lowest job descriptions in the civilian work life.
Analysis of Document
The letter brought forth some very important points. The author argued that it would be difficult for the African-American soldiers to believe that President Roosevelt’s pronouncement of the aims of the war meant that they were fighting for democracy and freedom, yet they were not experiencing the same from their countrymen. How could they be convinced when they were still being segregated because of their race, yet they had qualified to be in the army and participate in its agenda? How could they believe that they were fighting for a world where all persons could live in peace, honor, and dignity regardless of their race or creed? He argued that African-American soldiers would only believe that the president’s pronouncement meant what it said if the president issued an Executive Order. He posited that the president should issue an Executive Order which would form the basis on which democracy could be fought for in the Armed Forces of the United States (p.2). Wilson believed that issui...
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