Analyze the Long Civil Rights Movement as multi-movement struggle 1965-present: Chicano Movement + American Indian Movement + Asian American Movement + Stonewall LGBTQ+ + Women's Liberation + Disability Rights
Exercise
Difficulty 5
~18 min
hist.g8.s.ex_34
Essay
Prompt
In 4-5 paragraphs close-read Combahee River Collective Statement 1977 OR Crenshaw 1989 'Demarginalizing'. Apply intersectional framework to ONE multi-movement event (Stonewall + STAR Marsha P. Johnson/Sylvia Rivera OR AIM Wounded Knee II OR Section 504 sit-ins + Black Panther meal delivery OR Chicano + Filipino AWOC alliance). Apply Q1 + Q10 + Q11 + Q12.
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Answer criteria
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essay rubric
criteria
- Selects Combahee 1977 OR Crenshaw 1989 + cites specific passage
- Applies intersectional framework to ONE multi-movement event
- Centers ≥3 named leaders
- Applies Q1 + Q10 + Q11 + Q12
- Refuses single-issue framing
- ≥5 sources
Hints
- Combahee 1977 coined 'identity politics' + intersectional analysis.
- Section 504 sit-ins 1977 longest non-violent federal-building occupation in US history per Heumann 2020.
Misconceptions to watch
- Single-issue framing
- Forgetting cross-movement solidarity examples
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