Tearani
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Article Proposals
edit'"Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity" • The Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity (BANTU) was a youth activism group focused on black power and nationalism in Nebraska in the 1960s. Because it is a branch off the Black Panther Party, for youth, this organization displays connection to black politics. It is essential because we rarely get the viewpoints of youth during this era. This already existing article is merely a synopsis of what the organization was. It does not go into depth of the things that BANTU did or the impact it made on the black community, and that should be addressed.
Daryl: This is a very specific subject to write on, as a result I think that research into this topic can yield very good and specific information, but it may be difficult to find a lot information about the topic.
“African- American Socialism” • African- American Socialism is a political current that has been emerging since the nineteenth century. However, it became influential many years before coming to the forefront nationally. Personally, I believe that this article gives no information of the topic. African- American Socialism is more than just Martin Luther King. However, when thinking of the topic, that seems to be thing only name that people can make the connection to. This topic ties with the content of this course because socialism is a political and economic theory of social organization that means the production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community. We as a nation should understand these concepts from the black population stand point because it is highly relevant since we play a major role in the history of the nation. Also, because most African-American socialist were democratic in the nineteenth, we should also be educated of the African-Americans from different viewpoints.
Daryl: I personally really like this topic. I think that there is a lot of information that is left out from the Wikipedia page that should be added. I would state some of the specifics you could write about in regard to the topic, but it seems as if you have good ideas about what you want to write about.
==I think that African American socialism is a good topic to cover. Because socialism deals with the production and distribution, I think that focusing on the history of the ways African Americans do this is important. Psychcat1822 (talk) 16:43, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Psychcat822
“Black Autonomy Network Community Organization” • The Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO) is a political and social justice coalition that took place in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It struck rise after the death of an African- American male, Terrance Shum, while being pursued by the Benton Township police. Although this organization did not have an effect nationally, it exemplifies some of the same attributes of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Not only did this organization support the injustices of minorities, but they also opened companies strictly to alleviate poverty amongst the black community in Michigan. This topic is, too, relevant to this course because researchers should learn about recent networking and resources minorities gained to support their movements.
Daryl: Like the first topic, I think that finding good and interesting information would be a little more difficult, but there are a lot of facts and small details that can be found about it.
I believe this proposal is a good one and informational since many people are not familiar with the topic. It would be easy to find facts and events that centered around this organization and present them to enlighten wikipedians. This political and social justice organization can use more detail on its page to better understand the community. Bhorton14 (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Bhorton14
Comments from Dr. O
editGood progress but note that you have already had a fellow user flag your page for the citations. Make sure that you have citations in the leader and take out the overview section as this superfluous. Keep up the good work otherwise. Mosterbur (talk) 14:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)Mosterbur