1. The main argument of this text is: (Summarize as accurately and as comprehensively as possible)

2. The critical information in the text is:

(What supporting evidence, facts, experience, or data is presented to support the main argument?)

3. The key concept(s) we need to understand in the text is/are:

(What important ideas does the reader need to comprehend in order to understand the authors’ line of reasoning?)

4. Some key assumption(s) informing the authors’ thinking is/are: (What concepts, ideas, and modes of thinking used by the author might be questioned?)

5. The implications of the author’s argument for African Americans Studies are:

(Why does this argument matter? Why is this article important for the discipline of African American Studies? What are the intellectual consequences for students and scholar of African American Studies if this line of thinking is taken seriously?