Humanities Homework Help

USE ONLY PROVIDED BOOK AND SOURCES :

SOURCE 1 “The American Yawp” Chapter 25-30(ONLY) https://www.americanyawp.com/

SOURCE 2 “Letter From a Birminghan Jail” https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_B…

Source 3 “How Black Lives Matter” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21306771/b…

Souce 4 “Man and Women of the Year” http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,…e

Source 5 “Text of the Speech”https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/buchanan-culture…

Souce 6 ” How 9/11 Changed America” https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/14066/13-years-later-…

There is no need to consult sources other than course materials to successfully complete this exam. Please use informal parenthetical in-text citations that mention the name of the source like this (Lecture 4.1). Your writing must include parenthetical in-text citations directly after the information referenced. A works cited at the end makes it difficult for us to grade your engagement with the sources. As such, the failure to include in-text parenthetical citations, as modeled above, will result in point deductions. Do not cite or include any outside sources. The use of outside sources will result in significant point deductions. Copying and pasting without quotation marks is plagiarism and will be graded accordingly. Do not copy and paste directly (even with quotes) from course materials, particularly secondary sources. Merely quoting from the textbook does not demonstrate understanding of and engagement with course materials. It is best to synthesize course materials and put them in your own words.

ESSAY QUESTION :

Q: Throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, he often invoked Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” In your response answer, to what extent does this quote accurately represent the history of justice from 1945- 2020? Your response could approach justice from the lens of civil rights, civil liberties, peace/ foreign interventions, or something else (as long as you can support your choice with evidence from course materials).

1. Introduction: In your introduction discuss what the quote means, particularly how you define justice in your analysis. Provide a clear thesis statement that responds to the prompt and states how you will support your argument.
2. In your body paragraphs, select three examples from distinct historical moments between 1945 and 2020 that speak to the issue of justice (according to your definition) and advance your answer to the prompt.
3. In your conclusion: Sum up your analysis by restating your thesis and your supporting evidence. Consider, given the trajectory you outline in your essay, what would need to happen for the arc to bend further towards justice in the future?