Topic 1:
The Black Lives Matter and the attention paid to Police Killing of civilians have highlighted problems in the Criminal Justice System in regard to race. What role has Race placed in the development of Civil Right in United States?  Beyond criminal justice what other areas are the rights of racial minorities under threat historically and today?

Topic 2:
In looking at 2016 Presidential Campaign what made the candidacies of both Bernie Sanders and
Donald Trump so unusual?  What were the strengths and weakness of both candidacies? What role, if any, did economic inequality play? What role did racial and ethnic antagonisms play? Will these candidacies have a long-term impact on American Politics? 

1- Only one of the topics may be used as the basis for the paper
2- You must respond to all aspects of the topic
3- The purpose of this exercise is to construct an argument by engaging the texts and formulating a defensible interpretation
4- Annotated Bibliography use a minimum of four scholarly books or papers