Segregation in the United States

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Submissions must be a minimum of 1. 5 pages, in length. You will only have one attempt to upload and submit your paper. Your bibliography or works cited page, and your paper, must be uploaded as a single file. They cannot be uploaded separately. No e-mailed assignments will be accepted. Your response should be your own thoughts and analysis. Research and resources should be incorporated with scholarly application. I.e. used as examples or evidence to support your analysis. Citations must be MLA style. You must include in-text (parenthetical) citations, as well as a bibliography. If you have questions about citation formatting, please ask me, or utilize the tool easybib.com. You must provide in-text citations, to show ownership of any information that you include, in your essay, which is either 1. not considered common knowledge 2. paraphrased 3. directly quoted Failure to cite information, properly, will result in students receiving an automatic zero. Furthermore, to not do so is considered plagiarism, and will be treated, as such, in conjunction with HCC's policies. Make sure to use complete sentences, and proper grammar. Incorporate the information you gathered or recall on your own by using it to provide examples and support for your response to the prompt. Instructions: PROMPT: Watch the documentary https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-freedom-riders/ Freedom riders - The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South. While watching please recall our society and the racial tensions we are under today -understanding that segregation is embedded deeply in America's past. We see this very early in the nation’s history, this suggests that racism is embedded in the very fabric of American society and culture and is something extremely difficult to eradicate. While our history is hard to see, discuss and watch at times - understanding it can... I have left this prompt open ended for a REASON - I want each of you to take what you have seen and learned throughout your history classes and individual researching sessions and see where it leads you on this reflective essay... as always a reflection paper is often including a students opinion The only wrong responses are ones who are full of hate speech - or not backed with MLA citations. USE VPN TO ACCESS THE VIDEO https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-freedom-riders/