Interesting essay question

Since you are a student of African American literature, the designers of the museum have requested your help to identify quotes which will set the tone of the entire museum.  For this persuasive paper, you must select two quotes from our reading this semester—one from a woman and one from a man—and argue that these should be featured outside of the museum. 

You must convince the staff of the museum that you have selected the right quotes from writers whose life and work will help fulfill the museum's mission of using African American history and culture as a lens into what it means to be an American."  While you are writing, be sure to use research and your own analysis to support your argument that both the author and his/her words will exemplify the museum’s mission.

• SOURCES:  I encourage you to draw on all of our class materials as you make your case.  Cite FOUR supplementary sources.  In total, in your final essay, you must cite 1) the mission statement on the NHAAC website 2) your course anthology 3) 2 database sources and 4) 2 websites

• Please refer to the Research Toolbox on the left menu for more information on how to research using library databases.

• CITATION:  Please cite in MLA format ( http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/), using parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page. Please refer to the Research Toolbox on the left menu for more information.

• LENGTH:  This essay should be 1200-1400 words long.

• FORMAT:  Follow MLA formatting for your header:  ( http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/mla/mla_format.htm ) This essay should be in Verdana 10 point font with 1 inch margins on all sides. Please use double spacing with a blank line between paragraphs. You must save your essay as DOC or  DOCX format so that I will be able to open the file and grade your essay.