1. Write a descriptive essay that summarizes the contributions of either Asian Americans or African Americans to the culture of America. Use the diagram or chart that you created on either African Americans or Asian Americans.
African Americans “instead of the diagram”
The reading assignments will focus on African Americans using information from these documents.
U.S. Census 2000
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. “African Reflections on the American Landscape, Chapter 1: Africa in America: An Introduction." 2012. http://www.cr.nps.gov/crdi/publications/Africanisms-Chapter1.pdf.
These reading assignments discuss the cultural contributions of African Americans. The concept of Africanism will also be discussed. These articles describe the works of various authors and their opinions of the social and cultural status of African Americans.
The Black population: a Snapshot.
"In the total population, 34.7 million people, or 12.3 percent, reported only Black. An additional 1.8 million people reported Black and at least one other race. Within this group, the most common combinations were “Black and White” (45 percent), followed by “Black and Some other race” (24 percent), “Black and American Indian and Alaska Native” (10 percent), and “Black and White and American Indian and Alaska Native” (6 percent). These four combination categories accounted for 85 percent of all Blacks who reported two or more races. Thus, 36.4 million, or 12.9 percent of the total population, reported Black alone or in combination with one or more other races."