You get to become a News Reporter/Journalist – linking the present to the past and understanding how African American History impacts you as a US Citizen.

You get to become a News Reporter/Journalist – linking the present to the past and understanding how African American History impacts you as a US Citizen.

-required to identify current events related to African American news (articles reflecting national news) that provides a linkage to a historical topic based on chapters (content) from the textbook. The topics can range from the following: finances, politics, relationships, diseases, arts, music, food, race, war, gender roles, laws, technology, the military customs, Economic Systems, government regulations and laws, beliefs and traditions on the local, national, or international levels, etc. The article must be very recent – published within the past two weeks.

One page summary of article, which includes the title of article, author of article, publication date, and you must answer the two questions listed below:

(1). Explain why you chose this article?

(2) Describe a historical topic or event that you read about in your textbook that connects to this article?