Article link:https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/blackboard.learn.xythos.prod/5786a5f8e7af1/283674?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Wolcott%252C%2520%25E2%2580%259CReform%2520and%2520Public%2520Displays%2520of%2520Respectability%2520in%2520Great%2520Migration%2520Detroit%25E2%2580%259D.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20191105T053021Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIL7WQYDOOHAZJGWQ%2F20191105%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=a3000477c7056147b648331e98ea6418a6bfeb8ecedcf7053fd3c8d055fb7c50By the time that we get to the end of Gather Together in My Name, we see Maya engage in sex work twice: once as a madam and once as a prostitute herself. Throughout this novel and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou makes several references to the sense of excitement and opportunity of urban life in the major cities that she lives in (St. Louis and San Francisco)—particularly during the WWII era. Chapter 2 of Virginia Wolcott’s Remaking Respectability: African American Women in Interwar Detroit engages the ways in which African American middle-class women reformers sought to police the “unrespectable” public behavior of Southern black women migrants (like Maya) who moved to cities in the war and interwar periods.FOR YOUR DISCUSSION LEADERSHIP: After reading this chapter, please put it into conversation with the second half of Gather Together in My Name by (1) sharing what you have learned from the supplemental reading, (2) making connections between the primary reading and the supplemental reading, and (3) getting your colleagues involved in order to encourage open dialogue. You should also share biographical information about the author of the secondary reading. FOR YOUR PAPER: Based on the topic “Black Women in the Underground Economy” please analyze and evaluate Maya Angelou’s autobiographies and compare them to the secondary source that you read and one other in that genre. Please evaluate Angelou’s argument in light of historical evidence and using critical thinking skills that demonstrate you can use politically correct terminology (indicate these in the text). Your paper should be insightful, specific in its references, easy to follow in structure, and clear and consistent in style. Please follow a basic essay format (introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion). Additionally, your paper should be 1,000 – 1,250 words (4 to 5 double-spaced pages); have 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, and be proofread.
