Discuss your chosen author’s approach to African American history.

Choose either Lester’s To Be a Slave OR Nelson’s We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro Baseball League. If you wish, you can choose both titles. Discuss your chosen author’s approach to African American history. If you’re reading both books, you will compare and contrast each author’s approach to African American history. In your response, consider the following three criteria in reading works of nonfiction critically (Hintz and Tribunella (291-296):1. fictive elements2. simplification and complexity3. accuracy and researchA close reading of paratextual material (covered in chapter 7) included in your chosen work/s will be essential for a complete and fully developed response. Also, including direct quotations is essential to your critical response. Remember to add in-text citations and a works-cited at the end of your essay.