Required Readings:
“The Next Civil Rights Movement?”
“Does Black Lives Matter Pick Up Where The Black Panthers Left Off?”
“How Social Media Is Shaping Civil Rights Movements”
“#BlackLivesMatter: the birth of a new civil rights movement”
write an argumentative essay.
-There is a substantial difference between a younger generation of social activists who have been at the forefront of the #Blacklivesmatter movements and older generation of Civil Rights Leaders. Organizers for #Blacklivesmatter events usually resist commentary from figures such as Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson at their events, saying that they are from a bygone era. The movement is also open about rejecting the Civil Right movement’s structure of hierarchical leadership, usually with a charismatic male as the face and voice of the movement (e.g. Dr. Martin Luther King during the 60s and Jesse Jackson in the 80s.)
* Write an essay in which you argue whether younger leaders are right to resist guidance and leadership from Civil Rights Era leaders.
Keep the following in mind:
• Your essay must contain a parallel three-point thesis statement that answers one of the above prompts.
• The ideas presented in your essay must reflect sound reasoning and support for your examples.
• You must quote at least two of the listed sources in your essay.
Please make it simple and perfect and follow all the
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