Topic 12




Topic 1: American Literature After The Civil War


Topic 2: W.E.B. Du Bois And Effective Arguments


Topic 3: Logical Fallacies And The Progressive Era


Topic 4: Writing An Argumentative Essay


Topic 5: Modernism (Part 1)


Topic 6: Modernism (Part 2)


Topic 7: Identifying The Speaker In Modernist Poetry


Topic 8: The Lost Generation


Topic 9: The Southern Renaissance


Topic 10: The Harlem Renaissance


Topic 11: Postmodernism


Topic 12: Civil Rights And Multicultural America


1. What was the significance of Brown vs. Board of Education?

It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States.







2. Who was Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” written to address?

The letter was addressed to his fellow clergymen







3. Why does Martin Luther King reference Paul Tillich in his letter?

king mentions him because he was a biblical figure of authority to the Christians.







4. What are the chief arguments Martin Luther King makes against his opponents?

African Americans should be treated equal to the white Americans.







5. What was the significance of The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and why was it held?

To demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections.







6. Why did Martin Luther King Jr. advocate civil disobedience?

King was unwavering in advocating for civil disobedience to break systems of oppression — disobeying unjust laws in the open, and with love.







7. Why did Martin Luther King Jr. support nonviolence?

King believed that peaceful protest for civil rights would lead to sympathetic media coverage and public opinion.