Please write a five (or more) page essay on one of the topic suggestions given below. You must quote
at least four of the readings in your essay.
The general theme of all the topics is African Americans discovering and defining themselves, as individuals and as a group, the “New Negro.”
Topic Suggestions
After the Civil War, and especially after the end of Reconstruction, black Americans were thrown upon their own resources in their struggle to create their own identity as Americans, almost always in the face of open hostility, and often in the face of organized violence. Booker T. Washington emerged as the most prominent African American leader after Reconstruction. He developed a practical approach to the situation facing black Americans, especially in the South. That approach never enjoyed universal acceptance, and by the early 1900s younger black leaders began to criticize him. One of the leading critics was W.E.B. DuBois. Another was Marcus Garvey. The writers of the Harlem Renaissance also advanced their thoughts on the place of blacks in American life.
• Fully and fairly discuss Washington’s approach to the situation facing African Americans. Fully and fairly discuss DuBois’s approach, including his critique of Washington. Discuss the approaches taken by Garvey, Hughes, and some of the other writers of the Harlem Renaissance. •
All reading matrials and the professor instruction have being attached her . please you must quote and include the quote (author andpg#) from every writers. please do not use AI paper is being summiter throught turnitin.