User:Alexisheery/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.)The Journal of African American History

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
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At first, it was a little tricky trying to navigate the cite (in which I am still not sure if I did it right) but, the reason why I chose it is because it was the first thing I saw after I hit "Humanities" and then it brought me to "The Journal of African American History." But I am also very interested in learning about African American history. There's so much history there, and I find it very intriguing to learn about. I also I feel like there's so much I could put into it, and really get into detail.

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As for this article itself, it is journals that are being published originally from aspects of African-American experiences. It was founded in 1916 being the first scholarly journals to cover African-American history. It depicted experiences of black people in the United States documented their history. Journals were a way for black authors to be able to publish this and gain academic success. It also showed how some white scholars had different views of their counterparts. Carter G. Woodson at the start of his career as black history was not recognized as separate field of study. He was the first one to realize that he needed to do something about it. He eventually became the co-founder of Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The Journal of African American history in the 1900s was a big advocate for women of color.