Final Blog Post

Assignment Goal: This blog asks students to accomplish two things: 1) to use date to assert a point and interpret information, and 2) to draft a possible conclusion or paragraph for their ENG 103 research essay.

Assignment Description: In Martin Luther King's Chaos or Community (1967), King offers some data to make several points about civil rights. When the Constitution was written, he repeats, "the Negro was only 60 percent of a person" (6). King goes on to state that the rate of infant mortality among African-Americans is double that of whites, that twice as many African-Americans fought in Vietnam (and that twice as many died), that black elementary schools lagged three years behind white schools, and that 1/20 as many African-Americans attended college as white Americans. King reports that 50% of white Americans would not want a "Negro as a neighbor."

Remember: you will need to "frame" all this information for your reader, in addition to using templates that help them understand what you already know. 

Your blog will do relate two things to your readers:

First, summarize the information presented here and interpret it. What does this data suggest?

Second, return to the NYTimes article we read in class and which you received as a hand-out: "Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S." Cite what you believe is the most important data from this article, and compare and contrast it with the information King cites in Chaos and Community.

As you write, consider and reflect on these questions:

What's changed since 1967, and how do we know?
What hasn't changed since 1967, and how do we know?

Students should feel free to find more data to support their claims.

Also, consider using this piece of writing to help close your essay(s).