How does the historical knowledge of African Americans as true perfecters and nation-builders of American democracy give us a deeper meaning on what is means to be American?

Please carefully below the instructions/guidelines for your first text-based analytical paper which is due this upcoming Sunday, July 13th by 11:59p.m. (EST) on Blackboard. Formatting: 12″, Times New Roman, font, double-spaced, 2-4 pages, not including reference/bibliography page. No external sources, only course readings and visual archives are your sources for these text-based analytical papers. Chicago or MAL citational style within the text and yes, include a cited works page, as well. For the past week, we have been learning about the long history of African Americans contributing as true perfecters and nation-builders of American Democracy and of the very country we call today: the United States of America. How does the historical knowledge of African Americans as true perfecters and nation-builders of American democracy give us a deeper meaning on what is means to be American? Please use the course readings/materials from Week 1 to answer the question above. The text is evidence to support your answer to that question, feel free to make connections to your embodied experiences, if you can or make connections to the visual archives to further expand your thinking. You are welcomed to use lecture notes, visual archives, videoclips used in class and posted on BrightSpace, and the course readings from Week 1.