Read the excerpt from “W. E.B. Du Bois: Social Justice Leader.” Du Bois graduated at the top of his high school class. With the help of his community, he graduated from Fisk University -- a historically black university -- in Nashville, Tennessee. He later went on to get a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctorate -- two different degrees -- from Harvard. He was the first African American student to earn a Doctorate at Harvard. Which is the best objective summary of this excerpt? After excelling in high school, Du Bois graduated from Fisk and Harvard, and then earned his doctorate at Harvard. With his trio of university degrees, Du Bois was the most intelligent man of his time. Du Bois was the first African American student to earn a doctorate at Harvard. Du Bois attended Fisk University in Nashville after he graduated high school at the top of his class.

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.