RUS 493
"African-American Literary Ties to
Russian Intellectual Thought"
URL: http://www.uncg.edu/gar/courses/ahern/syllabus.htm
Class Links ListsClass Resources "Links Lists"
Class Projects Lists 
Segregation in America 
Stalin and the Communist Party 

Web Search Resources 
Web searching tips and tricks  

Library Search Resources  
General 
Virtual Reference Resources 
History Databases  
See also: Class syllabus

 The two (2) Web/library search assignments (described below) ask you to find outside materials (Web addresses, book references, journal citations, etc.) that relate or supplement the content of the course. 

Requirements:  
1. Locate one relevant link for each of the two projects. (5% each) 
2. Be sure to include a brief description/ justification for its inclusion in the listing. 
3. Do not duplicate links already appearing in the course materials. 
4. In the justification, include the full bibliographic citation, if applicable, using the MLA Style Sheet. 
 
Projects 
  1. Research the period of US history from the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War through World War II, paying special attention to segregation ("Jim Crow") laws and to the legal gains made by African-Americans during the Forties.

    2. Record your findings in the Segregation Links List.
  2. Ellison's account of the "Brotherhood" is a thinly disguised depiction of the American Communist Party during the Stalin era. Many black intellectuals were associated with the Communist Party during the 30's. Research Stalinist ideology and Communist activity during the 30's. Why did so many black Americans identify themselves with the Communist Cause? Why did Party official see the black community as a natural ally? Were their aims essentially allied or opposed? Record your findings in the Stalin and the Communist Party Links List