Video Link: https://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs
Questions:
● How does he connect the past (1863) with the present (1963)?
● Explain these concepts of the "check," the "promissory note" and "insufficient funds."
● In what ways is this speech a reflection of the successes and failures of Reconstruction?
● How does he use America's ideals, as professed in its founding documents?
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Answer at least two of the questions
Please indicate which questions you are answering, and separate each into its own paragraph. At least 6 sentences!
Mississippi Black Code:
Questions:
● What are the goals of the vagrancy statutes and who do they seek to control?
● Why do white people incur substantially larger punishments throughout these laws?
● Who is authorized to enforce these employment laws?
● Why create so many situations in which African Americans can be fined?
● What is the overall intent and effect of these black codes?