Critical analysis of a famous African American
Critical analysis of a famous African American from the list provided on Blackboard. In this assignment you will provide a developed close reading that examines one of the themes the course has outlined as it applies to the person chosen. How did/does this person effected the critical theme for the African American community? How did/do they affect the working definition of African American, black, and/or blackness within and without the community?List: Dr. Paul Murray Bessie Coleman Jean-Bapiste Belley Harriet Elizabeth Brown Monte Irvin Shirley Graham Dubois Vernon Dahmer Hale Woodruff Jo Ann Robinson Eugene “Pineapple” Jackson Dr. Francis Cress Welsing Dr. Kenneth Clark Amy Jacques Garvey Ophelia DeVore Augusta Fells Savage Eugene Jacques Bullard Bobby Timmons Clyde Kennard Madison Washington Joseph Winters Sam Sharpe Joseph Rainey Bessie Stringfield DJ Kool Herc Lonnie Clayton Mrs. Mamie Lang Kirkland Lucius Septimius Bassianus Carolyn Gudger Jasmine Twitty Daisy Bates Ella Jenkins Lewis Henry Douglass Cynthia Robinson Sylvester Magee Mabel Fairbanks Cathay Williams Clara Belle Williams John Baxter Taylor Jr. Anna J. Cooper The Black Seminoles Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Matthew Williams Phillipa Schuyler Yarrow Mamout Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Frank E. Petersen “Miss Maggie” Walker Paul Robeson Olivia J. Hooker Dr. Henry T Sampson Lovie Yancy Willie James Howard Toni Stone (Marcenia Lyle Alberga) Lucien Victor Alexis Mevinia Sheilds Dr. Lonnie Smith Rosewood Miss Jane Pittman Lucy Terry Abraham Galloway Thomas Jennings Irene Morgan Paul Lawrence Dunbar Jean Toomer Doris Payne Ann Petry Madam C.J. Walker Dr. May Edward Chinn Greenwood, Tulsa, OK Karen Bass Dr. Dorothy Height Dr. Geneva Smitherman Michaëlle Jean Robin Kelly Mary Macleod Bethune Jane Bolin Donna Edwards Dame Eugenia Charles Dr. Thomas Elkins Wilma Rudolph Annie Malone Ann Lowe Black Wall Street Cathy Hughes Kamala Harris Fannie Lou Hamer Sarah Rector Ruth Simmons Claudette Colvin MC Lyte Benajin Banneker Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Thurgood Marshall Doris “Dorie” Miller Cecil Noble WC Handy Dorothy Counts Bayard Rustin Dr. Eliza Ann Grier Matthew Henson Jesse Owens Nina Simone Wendell Scott Adam Clayton Powell Percy Julian Dr. Charles Drew Thomas “Fats” Waller Satchel Paige Bass Reeves Marian Anderson Josephine Baker Joe Louis Walter White William Hastie Elijah McCoy Jan Matzelger Lewis Latimer Granville T. Woods Fred Jones Nella Larsen Lloyd Hall A. Philip Randolph Althea Gibson Barbara C. Jordon Marcus Garvey Malcolm X James Meridith Guy Buford Hazel Scott Stokely Carmichal Denmark Vessey Alex Haley Virginia Hamilton Ishmael Reed Nalo Hopkinson George Schuyler Patricia Roberts Harris John Lewis Les McCann Martin Delany Derek Walcott Carter Godwin Woodson Alvin Ailey Debbie Allen Ralph Abernathy Arthur Ashe Crispus Attucks Amiri Baraka Sekou Sundiata Count Basie Bud Powell James “Cool Papa” Bell Pfc. Sarah Louise Keys Josh Gibson Harry Belafonte Ruby Bridges The Little Rock 9 The Scottsboro Boys Ralph Bunche Cab Calloway Louis Jordan Emmett Till Kenneth B. Clarke Alice Coltrane Scatman Crothers Nipsy Russell Dorothy Dandrige Ruby Dee Miles Davis “Fats” Domino Ralph Ellison Duke Ellington Medgar Evers The Watts Prophets Dick Gregory The Greensboro Four Archie Shepp Gregory Hines John Lee Hooker bell hooks Roy Innis Eartha Kitt Nichelle Nichols Hattie McDaniel Butterfly McQueen Thelonius Monk Garrett Morgan Walter Mosley Odetta Gordon Parks Dr. Joseph Lowery Homer Plessy Gabriel Prosser Gertrude “Ma” Rainey Norbert Rillieux Oscar Peterson Esther Rolle Robert Smalls Wallace Thurman Maxine Waters Daniel Hale Williams August Wilson Cassandra Wilson Richard Wright Howlin’ Wolf Andrew Young James Van Der Zee B.K. Bruce Aaron Douglas Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable Estevancio Sarah S. Goode Mae C. Jemison Jacob Lawrence Ella Baker Minnie Joycelyn Elders Esther Jones Frances Harper Harriet Wilson Scott Joplin Sister Rosetta Tharpe Elijah McCoy Themes of the course are attached (community, call/response), choose one of the people above, and help me to write a two to three pages MLA essay about how this people affect the theme.