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__1948 Shelley v Kraemer__ Elizabeth L. //Francis, Nancy. Street level view of the Shelley House in St. Louis, Missouri,// //USA. 12-31-08.// Wikipedia//. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. .//

//Bane, Marla. Plaque of the Shelley house. 9-20-2010.// Black america web//. Web. 30// //Sept. 2011. .//

//** TASK I: **// // Write a journal/newspaper style article in which you take a neutral stance (as a reporter) and give the facts about the actual event. What led up to the event? What happened during the actual event? Did it have an “end” or is it unresolved? You are to write about this event __when it happened__, you are assuming the role of a reporter in 1850, 1920, etc., __not someone looking back from 2011__. You need to cite your sources, and they must include information only available during that time period. At least one source must be primary and/or an eyewitness account. **Important - This work will be submitted to TurnItIn.com. We will provide you information about using this helpful resource**! //

//**1948-Racial Issues in St. Louis, Missouri**// //**By: Elizabeth Limotta**// //St. Louis, Missouri- The Shelley’s, an African-American family tries to move in to an old neighborhood. After moving in the Kramer’s, a Caucasian family gets furious and wants them out, furious enough to take them straight to court.//

//Imagine being the only African- American family in the whole neighborhood, how would you feel? The Shelley’s didn’t think anything of it until they got notice from one specific family- the Kramer’s, wanted to leave immediately.//

//1948 In St. Louis, Missouri racial tensions were rising, especially with the Shelley family and the Kramer family. Once the Shelley’s were moved in the Kramer’s took action right away and filed a court complaint. The Kramer’s lost their argument in the St. Louis court to the Shelley’s, because the Kramer’s were violating the 14th Amendment.//

//After losing, they appealed to the Missouri supreme court and won their case because the judge sided that “it did not violate the Shelley’s Constitutional righ ts” (Higgins). T he Shelleys Constitutional rights were violated but Judge Higgins let it slide, this is showing that maybe Judge Higgins is biased toward the Kramer family and that is why he let there side of the case win.//

//After this the Shelley’s have had enough of this, they finally “appealed for the U.S. Supreme Court” (Pearson’s Education). After appealing the Court’s decision was that “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S.; nor deprive any person life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny any person the equal protection of the law” (Biers).//

//Biers, Sam. "Shelley v Kraemer."// 4Lawschool//. Capella University, 1948. Web. 20// //Sept. 2011.//

//Coleman, Wiliam. "Why Judge Bork Is Unacceptable."// The New York Times//. N.p., 15// //Sept. 1987. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.//

//Vaughn, George. "Shelley v. Kraemer, 1948."// Library of Congress//. Library of// //Congress, 13 Jan. 1947. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.//

//Womack, Jocelyn. "Ming, William Robert 'Bob,' Jr."// Oxford African American Studies Center//. Oxford University Press, 2006. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.//

Task 1: Mastery Rubric A quality news article will: •open with an attention-grabbing headline •identify the author's name and the date of the publication (in the past) •develop the 5 W's in three power paragraphs •paragraph 1: contain an interesting lead •paragraph 2: correctly cite a secondary source (an indirect quote) •paragraph 3: correctly cite a primary source (eyewitness account) •maintain appropriate journalistic voice •read like an article written in the same time period as the event occurred •be free of mechanics and Works Cited errors //TASK II// //What is the Argument?// //**Do all races have the right to property?**//

PROMPT 1: Why did the majority of Americans not recognize the rights of members of this group? // Explain the significance of this event to the minority group and American society as a whole. // // 1. Why did some Americans not recognize members of this group as people? // Some Americans did not recognize this group as people that were African-American because they have been discriminated against for so long in America. In America there were lots of ways that African-Americans were discriminated against one was that white peoples house owners would place "sold signs prominently on the property in hopes of alarming other residents into putting their houses on the market too" if an African-American moved into the neighborhood (Pearson Education). After yeas have gone on this issue has decreased in large amounts but back in 1948 it was a very current issue for those people, you can tell by the lengths they went through just to get African-Americans out of the neighborhood.

PROMPT 2: How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustice? // 2. How did advocates shed light on this injustice? // The government kept passing laws to prevent things like discrimination from happening. They passed the 14th Amendment just for this purpose, the Amendment said " no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S.; nor deprive any person life, liberty, or property with out due process of law; nor deny any person the equal protection of the law" (Bill of Rights). This means that there should be no restrictions on races for property ownership and that states can not make laws that are unequal for certain people. Also the 14th Amendment is explaining how each and every person, no matter what their race is, should have equal rights and protection. This is the most common example of how we have improved our society on making things equal for everyone

//Education, Pearson's. "Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)."// Info Please- Supreme Court Cases//. Pearson Education, 2005. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.//

Finkelman, Paul, and Melvin Urofsky. "Shelley v Kraemer." //CQ Press Guide to The// //Supreme Court//. SAGE Publications, 2003. Web. 4 Oct. 2011. .


 * TASK III: **

By Maya Angelou
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. __Paragraph 1:__ Analyze the impact of the literary or artistic work for the minority group and/or American society as a whole. The Poem //Caged Bird// by Maya Angelou is about a bird that is kept inside his cage and the only thing he can do is sing about what life would be like to be free. Shelley v Kraemer is a court case about how the Shelley family bought a house in a neighborhood where apperently only whites could live. These correspond because all the Shelley family wants is freedom to live where they want to live and same goes for the bird because "sings of freedom" and what it would be like to live easily and freely (Angelou). This is portraying that no matter who you are you deserve your rights, which is to be free and not have restricted covanants on where anyone in the U.S. can live. __Paragraph 2:__ CLOSING-- How did the event impact the debate on the argument? Over all the Shelley v. Kraemer case impacted history for a reason because if it didnt happen then maybe today that would just now be coming up as a problem, but instead it happened in 1948 which helped us grow stronger to this day. This case made everyone take a step back and actually look at there natural rights and at the government could and couldn't do. The 14th Amendment states for this particular argument that "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"(Bill of Rights). This was a major issue when Judges were letting some cases that were violating this amendment slip by without anyone notice, until this case happened. Thankfully this happened early on so that we could stricky enforce the 14th Amendment. An outstanding product will. •showcase a work that expresses a profound idea about your event and the argument surrounding it •be the **best** example available, not simply the first one you find Great poem selection •demonstrate your ability to interpret the meaning of the literary or artistic piece Nice job tying together the ideas in the poem and the family •use the extended power paragraph format as a means to express your understanding of the event, argument, and how art literature and art can reveal emotions and ideas <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•reference sources accurately <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Be sure to cite the poem <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•mechanics are clean and effective <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Edit and polish your work to avoid clouding your meaning <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">An outstanding time line entry includes the following: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Opens by identifying you, the author, and your event with a banner headline (see an example of a banner on the top of this page). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Under the banner, in the table place two graphics or photos that illustrates an important aspect of the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• Thoughtful responses to each prompt are supported by credible sources representing diverse perspectives on the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Each response should be posted in order (follow template instructions), contain few mechanic errors and follow the power paragraph format. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; text-align: left;">• The credibility of each cited source is established and internal citations accurately match the Works Cited.• TASK I and TASK II each introduce and cite two new sources; TASK III cites one new source.• The Works Cited lists 5 credible sources from the LC databases.
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