Response: Battle in Black and White

1.) What techniques does Amy Fox use in narrating this conflict story?

Using memorable stories and descriptive techniques, that elicit emotional sentiments.  For example, in paragraph five, Fox provided the story of her grandparents applying for housing for WW2 veterans.  This proves to be a great descriptive example giving insight into how many applied, the price of the rooms, the policy requirements behind applying for a room

2.) Who are her sources?

Fox’s sources include stories of her grandparents told via her mother, the new York Public Library, Stuyvesant Town Tenants Committee, Leo Stevens, Dr. Lee Lorch

3) What kind  of research did she do?

Library research, collecting and organizing stories, in-person interviews with those affiliated with Stuyvesant Tenants Committee

4) What is the arc of the story and where is the nutgraf?

The arc of the story is showing the racist and discriminatory treatments of blacks that existed in the 1950s in the face of Stuyvesant housing for WW2 veterans and the efforts of many to integrate “blacks” and “whites” in the housing community. The nutgraf seems quite clear in in the fifth paragraph.