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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.

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Research Methodology · Special library collections, films, interviews with contemporaries

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Primary Source · Personal interviews with Tucker

Advantage of Method · Access to personal oral testimony

Disadvantage of Method · Testimony could be biased

Author needs to verify.

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Verification · What could not be verified was excluded

But most of his testimony has been corroborated.

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Conclusion · This study weaves together evidence to shed light on Tucker's career.

Passage Style

Single position

Spotlight

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Question Type

Author’s perspective

Implied

The author would probably find that the physicist has a vested interest in her project, and that the events recounted might be a version of events the physicist prefers. The author would indicate that we still need to verify the claims in the book if we want to use it as a source for scholarship.

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Supported by P3.

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We have no reason to think the author believes the book would simply contain information already public.

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We have no reason to think the author believes such a book is rarely used in scholarly history writing. Maybe she thinks scholars regularly rely on books written by the historical subjects.

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The author never makes a distinction between relying on books written by entertainers vs. relying on books written by scientists.

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Not supported, because in P3 the author indicates that we should be skeptical of a person’s own version of events.

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