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Write an essay that discusses the uniqueness of the African American experience in California. Your writing must address the questions below and  incorporate several of the relevant topics covered in this course. (See the first page of this module.)
What made California different from other areas of the United States?
What obstacles did African Americans face and in what ways did they overcome them?
What role did African American women play?
Your responses MUST:
Be written in essay form: introduction, body, and conclusion.
Do not simply answer each prompt in short answer style and then put those paragraphs in order.
Be organized with a discernible thesis statement and supporting points
Contain relevant information from multiple assigned course materials, both films and readings.
Use specific examples from the films and readings to support your writing.
Direct quotes should not be excessive in number nor length
Direct quotes should be limited to no more than 3-4 per page.
Direct quotes should be no more than 2-3 lines long.
Include parenthetical citations within the document where necessary.
For films, provide the film name and time stamp. For example, (Mastering a Continent, 0:34)
For readings, provide the author’s last name and page number. For example, (Forbes, p. 23) 
Not contain information from any sources outside of course materials, i.e. the internet, Google, other websites, etc.
Be grammatically correct and free of spelling errors.
Not use slang, colloquialisms, and text speech.
Be restricted to the following upload file types: Google docs (.gdoc), and Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx).  No other file types (.txt, .pdf) are permitted.
Not include a header, a title page, nor a works cited/bibliography page
Contain at least 1250 words, but no more than 1500 words
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The Untold West: The Black West
“The Black West” from Tony Brown’s Journal
Mastering a Continent
Ship of Slaves: The Middle Passage
Chapter 4 from The African Roots of Marijuana
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Chapter 7 from The African Roots of Marijuana
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Chapter 1 from Expectations of Equality: A History of Black Westerners
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Jack D. Forbes’ “The Early African Heritage of California”from Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California
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Episode 3 “Seeds of Destruction” from the film series Slavery and the Making of America
Episode 4 “The Challenge of Freedom” from the film series Slavery and the Making of America
Race and the US Constitution
Secession Documents 
Willi Coleman’s “African American Women and Community Development in California, 1848-1900” from Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – Episode 1: Promises Betrayed
1896 Supreme Court Decision, Plessy vs. Ferguson.
“The Buffalo Soldiers: An American Legacy”.
Important documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction
Lonnie G. Bunch’s “The Greatest State for the Negro: Jefferson L. Edmonds, Black Propagandist of the California Dream” from Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California
Fighting Back 
Don’t Shout Too Soon
Chapter 3 of Expectations of Equality: A History of Black Westerners
Albert Broussard’s “In Search of the Promised Land: African American Migration to San Francisco, 1900 – 1945” from Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California
The Negro Soldier
“The Great Port Chicago Explosion”
“The Port Chicago Disaster: 75 Years Later”
“The Fillmore” from Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco
Chapter 4 of Expectations of Equality: A History of Black Westerners
Chapter 5 of Expectations of Equality: A History of Black Westerners
Terror and Triumph
Ain’t Scared of Your Jails
Power!
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution