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ENGLISH IN ACTION. What does a “typical” American look like? Can we even ask that question?

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1 ENGLISH IN ACTION

2 What does a “typical” American look like? Can we even ask that question?

3 The Golden Rule, 1961 by Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA.Norman RockwellNorman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA.

4 http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/melting_pot.gif

5 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/salad_bowl.gif&imgrefurl=http://regentsprep.org/Re gents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/theories.htm&usg=__1dpCB7ZJlNkB- 5es8ODDrxKrp7Y=&h=374&w=300&sz=12&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=Y4wCcpik2FogAM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAmerican%2Bsalad%2Bb owl%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

6 Fanny Lou HamerLewis Latimer

7  Black History on History.com Black History on History.com

8 1. Paul Robeson 2. Bill Picket 3. Nina Mae McKinney 4. Herb Jeffries 5. Spencer Williams 6. Lucius Brooks 7. Eddie Anderson 8. Lena Horne 9. Dorothy Dandridge 10. Oscar Micheaux 11. Lorenzo Tucker 12. Sidney Poitier 13. Harry Belafonte 14. Wesley Snipes 15. Angela Bassett 16. Stacey Dash 17. Whoopi Goldberg 18. Halle Berry 19. Will Smith http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/movies.htm#top (starting at top and moving counter-clockwise)

9 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/salad_bowl.gif&imgrefurl=http://regentsprep.or g/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/theories.htm&usg=__1dpCB7ZJlNkB- 5es8ODDrxKrp7Y=&h=374&w=300&sz=12&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=Y4wCcpik2FogAM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAmerican%2Bsalad %2Bbowl%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den “I Have a Dream” Speech (Aug.28, 1963) – History.com

10 http://www.depauw.edu/photos/PhotoDB_Repository/2007/8/Barack%20Obama%20Capitol.jpg

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