Imagine you are a reporter from Europe sent to cover the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the context of the larger Cold War. What do you notice? How does whats happening in America impact the possibility of conflict in Europe? Are Americans hypocrites for marginalizing one of their largest minority communities? Write 500 words expressing your opinion using evidence from the articles and lecture.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/07/civil-rights-coverage- how-the-soviets-used-evidence-of-racial-strife-against-us-in-the- world-press.html
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/federal-bureau- investigation-fbi
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/russia- facebook-race/542796/
European reporter
October 18th, 2020