African American History in the 1960s and 1970s
For your final project, you will create a presentation pitching a new historical marker that does not exist yet. Research is a key component to this project. There will be a few suggested resources, but you may need to go beyond those, depending on the event or person you choose to remember.
Research people and events that were important to African American history in the 1960s and 1970s. While we covered many of the major protests that were covered by national media in this course, civil rights activism existed in most cities and towns across the South and the nation. Similarly, Black politicians won important elections on the city, county, state, and national level, and Black artists created influential work through these two decades – paintings, murals, magazine covers, photographs, songs, albums, films, dance performances, concerts, novels, poems, etc.
Be very sure that a monument, memorial, or marker does not already exist.
You will want to choose a place where your monument should be and a date when it would be significant to erect it. You also need to create the monument itself. What should it look like? What should it say? Who should be there to give the speech that dedicates this new monument?
Now, for the presentation itself.
Choose your event/person and create a post with just a name or an event in the designated discussion post. Make certain that no one has chosen your event or person already. Now, you have claimed that person or event.
Create your presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, or video. It should be between 5 to 7 minutes long with one or two slides (if a PowerPoint or Prezi – the most important part is your own voice). Audio is required but video is recommended. Explain in your own words: who, what, why, when, and where? Include the image of the proposed monument. Draw it or use pasted together images.