Write a historiography paper that puts 6 books into conversation surrounding a specific topic in African American legal history. group the books around the theme and discuss how the books deal with the theme or discuss the gap in the historiography. You should examine multiple books in your thematic paragraphs. Do not go book by book. Use the Eatmon article linked below as an example of how the article should be formatted and how the books should be in conversation with each other. Please read and use that essay as a guide.
List of books:
– From Jim Crow to Civil Rights by Michael Klarman
– The Hollow Hope by Gerald Rosenberg
– Making Civil Rights Law by Mark Tushnet
– Courage to Dissent by Tomiko Brown-Nagin
– The Shifting Wind by John Howard
– Civil Rights Queen by Tomiko Brown-Nagin
** There are chapters that address each of the subtopics in each of the books
Topic: Pre – Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Litigation
Subtopics:
– Voting Rights
– Housing Crisis and Residential Segregation
– Segregation in Education (higher education and elementary/secondary education)
– Post-Brown — the effects of the Brown decision on segregation
Layout:
– Introduction — discuss each book and what their overall thesis is
– Thesis: Taken together, what do these books argue? How do these books help us shape the account of civil rights litigation before the Brown decision?
– Sections: Go through each of the above subtopics and put the books in conversation with each other. Where do they agree? Where do they disagree? Why is this significant? What are they saying as a whole on each topic?
Conclusion: What does all of this mean? What is the significance of this?
