Module 5 Short Responses -- Question 1
In the space below, specify which historical lens you'd like to use for this exercise.
The historical lens that I would like to use for this exercise is the social lens
Module 5 Short Responses -- Question 2
Next, formulate a research question about the civil rights movement (historical time from 1954 -- 1968), using the lens you've chosen.
How did the Supreme Court cases; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education impact the Civil Rights Movement?
Module 5 Short Responses -- Question 3
First, go back and review the research question you developed in Step 1. For Step 2, first name two different primary sources that you might use to answer that question. Be as specific as you can. Your primary sources should be found using the Shapiro Library.
plessy v. Ferguson. (2017). Plessy v. Ferguson, 1.
This source is a transcript of the Civil Rights case Plessy v. Ferguson, which was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. The source can be found at the following link: https://eds-b- ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=64364fd9-2b8a-4472-a811- 10994b94f896%40pdc-v- sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d %3d#AN=21212291&db=khh
The second primary source that I could use is:
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. (2017). Brown et Al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et Al, 1.
This source presents transcript from the Civil Rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. The source can be found at the following link: https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail? vid=11&sid=64364fd9-2b8a-4472-a811-10994b94f896%40pdc-v- sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d %3d#AN=21212236&db=khh
Module 5 Short Responses -- Question 4
Next, name two different secondary sources you could use to answer your research question. Again, be as specific as you can. Your secondary sources should be found using the Shapiro Library.
The first secondary source that I could use is:
Hoffer, W. H. (2014). Plessy v. Ferguson: The Effects of Lawyering on a Challenge to Jim Crow. Journal of Supreme Court History, 39(1), 1 - 21. https://doi- org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1111/j.1540-5818.2014.12037.x
This source discusses the concept of "separate but equal" in the U.S. as well as the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Homer Adolph Plessy. This source can be found at the following link: https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail? vid=13&sid=64364fd9-2b8a-4472-a811-10994b94f896%40pdc-v- sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d %3d#AN=96108508&db=asn
The second secondary source that I could use is:
Cook, S. D. (2005). What are the Ultimate Meaning and Significance of Brown v. Board of Education A Note on Justice, Constitutionalism, and the Human Person. Negro Educational Review, 56(1), 3 - 10.
This source discusses the historic case that reversed so much of the content, character, and spirit of American constitutional history as well as what helped to mobilize and energize the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Revolution. The source can be found at the following link: https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=17&sid=64364fd9- 2b8a-4472-a811-10994b94f896%40pdc-v- sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d %3d#AN=16473154&db=as
Module 5 Short Responses -- Question 5
Construct a thesis statement that provides an answer to the research question you posed in Step 1. Base your response on the historical evidence that's been presented in this course so far, as well