Essays will be graded for their persuasiveness. State your thesis clearly in the introductory
paragraph. Be logical. Answer the question accurately and thoroughly. And avoid misspellings and
grammatical errors—they detract from any writing’s persuasiveness.
paragraph. Be logical. Answer the question accurately and thoroughly. And avoid misspellings and
grammatical errors—they detract from any writing’s persuasiveness.
Citations must be in the form of endnotes and must be formatted in the Chicago Style. Note: Wikipedia and other common, non-technical encyclopedias are not acceptable sources.
Feel free to consult such sources for basic information and context—but do not base your argument
and evidence on them.
Feel free to consult such sources for basic information and context—but do not base your argument
and evidence on them.
ONLY USE SOURCES I PROVIDE NOT SOURCES FROM ELSE WHERE!
For the purposes of the following essay the phrase “Little Rock” addresses specifically episodes
relating to racial integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1957-1958
school year (Sept. 1957-May 1958), along with directly pertinent context and implications. These
latter topics might include race relations in America in the long view (since slavery’s end or even
before), Jim Crow as both a legal system and cultural sensibility, the Civil Rights Movement and
its political context, the even larger – in terms of geographical space – context of the Cold War, and
Americans’ responses – both white and black, both in Arkansas and nationally – to the incidents at
Little Rock’s Central High School during the 1957-1958 school year.
Additionally, the phrase “American experience” connotes the collective whole of U.S. values and
actions – in short of American history – considered as a single coherent topic from 1877 (or even
1607) to the present day.]
“Little Rock was no exception, aberration, or sideshow in the American experience. To the contrary:
Little Rock was iconic – it captured all at once the essence (1) of American race relations, (2)
of the U.S. Constitution in both its strengths and weaknesses, and especially (3) of Americans’
fears about themselves and their place in the world.”
relating to racial integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1957-1958
school year (Sept. 1957-May 1958), along with directly pertinent context and implications. These
latter topics might include race relations in America in the long view (since slavery’s end or even
before), Jim Crow as both a legal system and cultural sensibility, the Civil Rights Movement and
its political context, the even larger – in terms of geographical space – context of the Cold War, and
Americans’ responses – both white and black, both in Arkansas and nationally – to the incidents at
Little Rock’s Central High School during the 1957-1958 school year.
Additionally, the phrase “American experience” connotes the collective whole of U.S. values and
actions – in short of American history – considered as a single coherent topic from 1877 (or even
1607) to the present day.]
“Little Rock was no exception, aberration, or sideshow in the American experience. To the contrary:
Little Rock was iconic – it captured all at once the essence (1) of American race relations, (2)
of the U.S. Constitution in both its strengths and weaknesses, and especially (3) of Americans’
fears about themselves and their place in the world.”