Your assignment: choose two actions in the song lyrics that are "agin'st the law" and explain how they are technically or actually illegal in the Jim Crow South. Some of these may constitute violating folkways, mores, or taboos (norms) rather than the breaking a written piece of legislation.
Group Project Final Assessment
MLK answers, "What is it about the Negro...?"
Consider his answer in light of your Reconstruction Rebooted plans...
"Heirlooms and Accessories"
Note: this is NOT homework.
Kerry James Marshall: Heirlooms and Accessories from Smart Museum of Art on Vimeo.