Research project: Marcus Garvey and the UNIA 1919-1924- news coverage
Marcus Garvey founded United Negro Improvement Association in 1916 to fight for Black pride and economic self-determination in America and create a new nation in Africa. As it grew in popularity among African Americans in the 1920s, it became highly controversial, and not only among whites. The assignment is to assess newspaper coverage. You may focus on newspapers serving Black communities or on mainstream (White) dailies. Or you may compare the two. The assignment has three parts: (1) You will read newspaper articles and record information in an excel database; (2) You will read a recommended secondary source (book); (3) You will write a 8-10 page paper about your subject using information from both the secondary and primary sources
Research questions (two options):
a) Read news articles about Garvey and the UNIA in mainstream (White-owned) newspapers. Describe events while evaluating the perspectives of several newspapers
b) Read news articles about Garvey and the UNIA in four Black-owned newspapers. Describe events while evaluating the perspectives of several newspapers
Primary source research (newspapers):
1) Begin by downloading this research database-excel-1.xlsx Download research database-excel-1.xlsx
2) We are using ProQuest Historical Newspapers for newspaper searches. Below is the link to the pre-arranged databases of newspaper articles that you should use. It delivers articles from newspapers and magazines related to this topic.
- Press coverage in mainstream (White-owned) newspapers
https://www.proquest.com/search/1681620?accountid=14784 Links to an external site.
- Press coverage in Black-owned newspapers
https://www.proquest.com/search/1681645?accountid=14784 Links to an external site.
a) you should see a page like this. If not, you may need to click the Library's login button top right and enter your UW-net ID
b) scroll the titles of articles, clicking on those that seem most relevant. Some will be mistaken entries triggered by the search terms. Others will be too short to be useful. Download copies of all articles that might be useful or interesting. It is more efficient to download them than to read them in ProQuest.
c) use "back to results" to return to the search results.
d) you can filter results using the menus on left side. Sorted by "oldest first" means the entries are in chronological order. "Relevance" is the other option. You can also open the Publication title menu and select articles from particular newspapers.
3) After downloading many articles, add at least 20 to your research database-excel-1.xlsx Download research database-excel-1.xlsx and write a short description of the event or issue described in each article. Feel free to add additional information in other columns. Your spreadsheet needs to include no less than 20 articles. You will submit the research database along with your paper.
4) Please DO NOT save or delete the ProQuest search. Others will not be able to use it.
Secondary source research (books):
5) Obtain and read one or more books. Several are listed below. Others can be identified in UW Library catalog http://www.lib.washington.edu/
by Edmund David Cronon (E-BOOK)
by Adam Ewing (E-BOOK)