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Prompt 1: Across multiple speeches examined this semester, the theme of restoring America’s promises as part of the quest for racial justice stands out. Identify three or more speeches studied in class that examine this theme (you can include additional speeches, including those not assigned as part of this class). Explain how the identified speeches/rhetors justify the connection between America’s founding ideas and racial justice. Take a position on the potential to persuade the American public with this connection: is it effective or not?
Prompt 2: Pick an anti-racist artifact: a speech, image, essay, book, or the like not assigned this semester. Justify how it works as an anti-racist artifact. Select a type of rhetorical criticism and apply it to develop an understanding of the artifact that reveals something not otherwise obvious.
Prompt 3: Anti-racism is a complex and multi-faceted social phenomenon. What lessons do you take away from the rhetors/speeches examined this semester in advancing the cause of anti-racism?