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P1
Until my present study, African American entertainer Lorenzo Tucker had not been extensively discussed in histories of United States theater and film. ███
Intro to Topic ·
Tucker (entertainer)
Overlooked, until now.
Tucker ·
Jack of all trades
Worked as actor, singer, dancer, MC, producer, manager, administration, etc.
Tucker ·
Source of history
He personally witnessed the history of African American theater and film. His collection of artifacts is also first hand source material.
P2
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Research Methodology ·
Special library collections, films, interviews with contemporaries
Primary Source ·
Personal interviews with Tucker
P3
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Advantage of Method ·
Access to personal oral testimony
Disadvantage of Method ·
Testimony could be biased
Author needs to verify.
P4
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Verification ·
What could not be verified was excluded
But most of his testimony has been corroborated.
Conclusion ·
This study weaves together evidence to shed light on Tucker's career.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
2.
The author's main purpose in ██████████
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indicate a source ████ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ████ ███ █████
This is the best answer. The author mentions the memorabilia as a source that helps us learn about a part of U.S. entertainment history “about which, so far, there has been insufficient scholarship.” That part of history
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The author doesn’t discuss typical approaches to gathering historical data.
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justify reliance on ████████ ████████ ████████
The author doesn’t connect the memorabilia to reliance on Tucker’s memories.
d
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The author doesn’t suggest Tucker had many nonprofessional interests and accomplishments. Tucker worked in theater and film; we have no reason to think his memoribilia shows a range of interests and accomplishments unrelated ot his profession.
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The author doesn’t suggest that memoribilia is typically available to people who study entertainers. There’s no mention of what’s typically available to people who study entertainers.