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=African American Heritage Trail Assignment=

Complete the assignment below and __post your critique__ by clicking the discussion tab above. Critiques should be posted by 7pm, Sunday, October 17, 2010. Also before class on Monday, __respond to at least 2 other critiques as well as to those who respond to you.__
 * Wiki Assignment**

Pick up a map at Fort Conde Welcome Center downtown on Water Street. There is also a map available at the Mobile African American Heritage Trail website. You are responsible for visiting the markers listed at the bottom of this page. __Note that you are not required to visit AfricaTown for this assignment__, but will be asked to at some point in the semester. Write a critique of your experience. Be critical and use your own interdisciplinary knowledge of African American studies to back up your comments. (Minimum Word Count: 300)
 * Tour Assignment**

__For each of the sites consider the following questions:__ · How is the story of the site relevant to African American Studies? · What questions are left unanswered? · Is the site primarily used in a way other than indicated in the marker? What impact does this have on you as a tour participant? __For the trail in general address the following questions:__ · What piece of information was most striking to you? · What marker site was most intriguing? · What was missing from the trail experience? · What improvements do you suggest? __In addition address the following criteria in your critique:__ · Explain the irony of the name change of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. · Provide at least two resources for researching further information on the MAAHT.
 * Criteria for your Critique**


 * Markers To Visit**
 * ** A.N. Johnson ** ||
 * ** Basiclica of Immaculate Conception ** ||
 * ** Bettie Hunter House ** ||
 * ** Christian Benevolent ** ||
 * ** Creole Firehouse #1 ** ||
 * ** Dr. T. N. Harris ** ||
 * ** Emanuel AME Church ** ||
 * ** Finley's Drug Store ** ||
 * ** Forte Conde ** ||
 * ** John LeFlore NonPartisan Voters' League ** ||
 * ** Johnson and Allen Mortuary ** ||
 * ** Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church ** ||
 * ** National African American Archives and Museum ** ||
 * ** Roger Willams Drug Store ** ||
 * ** Slave Market ** ||
 * ** St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church ** ||
 * ** State Street AME Zion Church ** ||
 * ** Stone Street Baptist Church ** ||
 * ** Wallace Turnage ** ||
 * ** Dave Patton House ** ||
 * ** Dr. Franklin House ** ||
 * ** Dunbar Central High School ** ||
 * ** Michael Donald Avenue ** ||
 * ** Vernon Z. Crawford Law Firm ** ||