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7/29/2019 Crystal Roby HIS Peer Review
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Crystal Roby
Dr. Lavine
Historiography
20 March 2013
Peer Review Assignment
Reviewer: Me
Reviewed: Katherine F.
Argument and scope.
1. As I understood it, this paper wants to answer this/these question(s): What was the purpose ofMiss State and other colleges in the 1960 reasonings in having speaker bans. What did the
students of Miss State think of the speaker ban?
2. As I understood it, this paper is going to argue: I believe the paper is arguing that speaker banswerent really needed during the 1960s, because most of the students at Miss State and other
college having speakers who were viewed as being radical who would threaten the status quo of
the South during that time, from what I tell, the paper is going to focus on two speakers: Aaron
Henry who was the head of the NAACP in Mississippi and Charles Evers, who was the brother of
slain Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers. I really understood why MSU placed a speaker ban
George Wallace was the Governor of Alabama, was a segregationist who was very popular
especially in the South. I would have figured that Wallaces views would be a perfect fit at MSU.
It seems that MSU wanted to distance themselves from anything that could give the school bad
press. MSU didnt want to be another Ole Miss.
3. Critically evaluate the proposed thesis. Does it make logical sense? Is it too broad, too narrow,too ambitious, too inconsequential, etc.? Thesis does make sense, its not too broad it focus on a
particular issue. The outline flows very well.
4. Did the paper raise any questions in your mind that werent answered? When did Miss State getrid the Speaker Ban? What were the influences that lead the schools administration to enact the
ban?
Structure and evidence.
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5. How is the paper going to be organized? It looks like the paper will be presented in chronologicalorder, and the paper could compare and contrast other colleges that also had speaker bans in place
during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
6. Do you think this is the right way to approach this subject? What are some other options? I thinkthat this is really good way to approach this topic.
7. What are some sources that the author should consider? I think she consider using primarysources, like for example interviewing the writers or the editor of the Reflector to get view of
what the atmosphere of Miss State during that time or interviewing former students and get their
take on the speaker ban and what they thought the administration effort to ban certain speakers
from coming to the school.
8. My thoughts: My thoughts on the paper is I think Katherine is going in the right direction, I thinkshe needs to look at other colleges that might have had speaker bans during the 1960s. I also
think she should try to get in contact with the writers or students at that time, to get a better
understanding of what the atmosphere was like at Miss State.