Your topic is race. Your primary source is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Your secondary source is The Gettysburg Address, note that the Emancipation Proclamation is a separate speech. You may refer to it if you want, but I think, judging from your quizzes, that some of you had not heard of both. I would also like you to find at least one recent New York Times article (about riots, sports boycotts, the Presidential campaign etc.) to draw further info from. Your essay will be at least five paragraphs long, with three body paragraphs plus an introduction. Drawing from the teachings of Aristotle, in this order the body paragraphs should deal with 1)The Problem 2) The Solution 3)The Reality. You should have one body paragraph about each. Your body paragraphs should be constructed as follows: Start with a topic sentence. This is followed by three examples. Usually one sentence each. After this each body paragraph should include a quote from one of your sources. Next you should include 5-7 sentences discussing the material you have already introduced into the paragraph. This might be a good place to introduce something from a newspaper article. Finally the paragraph ends by referring back to the topic sentence. You should have 10-12 sentences per body paragraph. Remember your quotes should be in proper MLA form. For this please refer to a website called The Owl at Purdue.com. This is a free English Handbook available on line. You should write the body first. Then go back and work on your introduction and conclusion. It's just easier this way. Because we often don't know how to start until after we have started writing. You don't want to get stuck. In your intro, which should be about five to seven sentences, I would like you to introduce the book, your primary source, by trying to interpret Richard Wright's quote. Get creative here. Try to use a metaphor of your own, some imagery, irony or a symbol of your own. This idea is also drawn from Aristotle. After that you need a thesis. This is simply a statement or a question about your topic. To end your intro, include one sentence each that previews each of your three body paragraphs. This is called the plan of development. In your conclusion, you start by repeating your thesis, repeating your plan of development and then including some perhaps personal reflections about the topic, your thesis etc. How is it all going to turn out? What is the outcome? Are we optimistic? At last the paper should be followed by a Works Cited. Please refer to The Owl at Purdue for this too.