Write a 750 word review of the article: Texas and the Master Civil Rights Narrative: A Case Study of Black Females in Houston BY MERLINE PITRE.
This review should identify the main argument being made by the author (often called a thesis statement) along with identifying the types of evidence used to support the author’s argument, such as letters, journal entries, newspaper clipping, oral history, etc. You may use the textbook to provide context for your summary, but the emphasis of the assignment is for you to read a scholarly article and adequately explain the author’s purpose in researching and writing about that particular historical person or event.
1. What reason, interest, or question does the author pose in their article?
2. How does the author go about answering, refuting, or challenging the interpretation of a historical event?
3. What types of evidence does the author use in the article? Newspapers, legislation, personal diaries, the work of other historians? Is it mostly primary sources (evidence created at a specific time and used by the author as an example of what people said or thought of at that time)? Is it mostly secondary sources (evidence created by other historians to describe what people said or thought at that time)? Be specific in your description of the evidence and provide at least three examples.
4. Who do you think the article’s intended audience is? Is the article readable for everyone or does it appeal to only certain segments of the population?
5. Is the author proposing a new interpretation of the past (a different explanation for a historical event) or is it a confirmation of earlier interpretations? Could it be a little bit of both?