Taylor Harris is an African American graduate student studying at Johns Hopkins University. In November 2008, she contributed the following article to The Washington Post.

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<li>What was John Lewis' experience with discrimination when he was growing up?
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<li>How do you think these experiences influenced him?
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<li>What is John Lewis' view on Gay/Lesbian

Congressman John Lewis grew up in Alabama, the son of sharecroppers.

The Brooklyn Bridge Collective was a small countercultural Jewish community. They wrote a newspaper called Brooklyn Bridge.

With your group, plan two tableaux vivants ("living pictures" in French) that will help teach your classmates about the document you just discussed.

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<li>According to this text, what are "the struggles for freedom that remain"?</li>
<li>What choices and tasks set by God do you think this reading refers to?

During Passover 1969, Jews and African Americans came together on the first anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination to remember him.

With your group, plan two tableaux vivants ("living pictures" in French) that will help teach your classmates about the document you just discussed.

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<li>Review: What oppressed group is Ellen Willis discussing in her essay?</li>
<li>How is this group being exploited, and by whom?</li>
<li>Explain the analogy Willis draws between this oppressed

Ellen Willis was a journalist, feminist, and cultural critic, best known for her political essays. She also drew on her Jewish background in essays on religion and anti-Semitism.

Base your responses to the following discussion questions on both of the documents you just read:

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<li>Review: Who wrote this document? When was it written?</li>
<li>What audience was this document written for?

In 1967, James Baldwin, a novelist, poet, and civil rights activist, wrote an article trying to explain why after all that Jews had done for the Civil Rights Movement some African Americans cou

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<li>Review: What are the origins of the document? When was it written?</li>
<li>What audience was this document written for?

During Passover 1969, Jews and African Americans came together on the first anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination to remember him and strengthen the bonds between the two p

In your groups, read the two documents and go through the discussion questions that immediately follow each document.

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<li>Review: Who wrote this document? When was it written?</li>
<li>What audience was this document written for?

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Council (SNCC – pronounced "snick") was founded at Shaw University in North Carolina in 1960.

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<li>Review: Who wrote this document? When was it written?</li>
<li>What audience was this document written for?

In 1967, James Baldwin, an African American novelist, poet, and civil rights activist, wrote an article trying to explain why after all that Jews had done for the Civil Rights Movement some Afr

Your group should be prepared to share answers to the following questions with the class as a whole and to respond to 2-3 additional questions from your classmates:

After you examine all of the documents in your packet answer the following questions:

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<li>What is going on here?

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<li>What is going on here?

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<li>What is going on here?