You are not allowed to cite anything that does not appear on this syllabus. You must construct your argument entirely with course materials. You must pose your own question, based on your interpretation of the readings during weeks 6, 7, 8, and 9. Literally, write the question in your intro paragraph. The answer to the question will be your thesis. (Hint: make sure you give yourself time to change your answer as you finish your paper).

sources 

William Patterson, We Charge Genocide. (introductory)

Irvin-Erickson, Raphael Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide

• “The Violence of Desperate Men;” “Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam”; “Why We Can’t Wait”..
• Malcom X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”.
• Peniel E. Joseph, The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and
  Martin Luther King Jr. Read introduction on course reserves, via blackboard.

Monica Muñoz Martinez, The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in
Texas. Read introduction on course reserves,