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INSTRUCTIONS<\/span><\/strong>
Your\u00a0initial Discussion post\u00a0should address everything asked total\u00a0a\u00a0minimum of 300\u00a0words<\/span><\/strong>, which is about 1\/2 of a page on a normally formatted Word document. (This is a total word count for your original posting, addressing all questions asked.) Please enter your responses directly in the text box provided inside the discussion tool (do not attached separate documents or other files). Also note the word-count breakdown for each of the four questions asked. After contributing your own post, you must also respond to two of your colleagues’ posts. As per the grading rubric, these responses should be “substantive” replies “expanding the level of discussion.” Do not just write a sentence or two of agreement, approval; rather, give some thoughtful, substantive feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Complete the original posting\u00a0by\u00a0Tuesday,\u00a0Nov. 15<\/span><\/strong>; you must also reply to two of your colleagues’ \u00a0postings by\u00a0Friday,\u00a0Nov. 18<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

TOPIC<\/span><\/strong>
<\/span><\/strong>Lincoln the white supremacist or Lincoln “The Great Emancipator”<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch both parts of the documentary\u00a0film\u00a0Looking for Lincoln<\/span><\/em>, by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Then answer the questions\u00a0listed\u00a0below for Discussion 3. I advise you to print out, and read over, these questions in advance, so that you will know what to pay attention for while watching the film.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part I:\u00a0http:\/\/watch.thirteen.org\/video\/2163789088\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Part II:\u00a0http:\/\/watch.thirteen.org\/video\/2163789287\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Questions for discussion:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the documentary\u00a0Looking for Lincoln, writer Lerone Bennett, Jr. recalls his\u00a0disillusionment with “The Great Emancipator” who’d been his childhood hero, citing Lincoln’s proposed\u00a0“compromise” solution to slavery (which had involved the deportation of slaves to colonies in Panama and Liberia)\u00a0and Lincoln’s failure to contribute anything to the Abolitionist cause prior to the Civil War. Historian David Blight,\u00a0however, reminds us that it is our own task to define “what is worth remembering” about Lincoln’s story.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Historian Lerone Bennett, Jr. has come\u00a0to the conclusion that \u201cyou can\u2019t defend Abraham Lincoln without\u00a0defending slavery.\u201d Meanwhile, historian David Blight observes that \u201cin order to remember the redemptive, progressive Lincoln, we have to forget\u00a0about what he said\u2026about racial inequality.\u201d Do you agree with either (or both) of these views, why or why not? How can both sides of Lincoln co-exist in our\u00a0understanding of him? (min. 100 words)<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>What is the familiar, traditional\u2014and incorrect\u2014perception of Lincoln\u2019s role in freeing the slaves? What was Lincoln\u2019s great fear in issuing an executive order freeing the slaves? Why did Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation NOT free the slaves in the slaveholding border states still loyal to the\u00a0Union? (min. 100 words)<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Do you believe that Lincoln\u2019s views on slavery changed because of moral or political reasons, why or why not? (min. 50 words)<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Do you think Lincoln merits the heroic remembrance as \u201cThe Great Emancipator\u201d that he\u2019s traditionally been\u00a0accorded by the African American community, why or why not?\u00a0(min. 50 words)<\/span><\/p>\n

Take this where you will. Please address everything asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to write me. Take your time and really think about these discussion topics and responses. Do not simply jot down some responses; rather, write in full sentences and use\u00a0proper punctu<\/span><\/p>\n

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