Language-External Context
On this page, you are free to introduce the larger social or object-of-study context that motivates your study. In my case, I want to provide some context about what was going on in American politics and society that motivated the founding of Public Enemy in the mid 1980's. If you are writing about a piece of literature or a body of poetry, you can investigate the world in which your author was brought up in, lived in, what drove him/her/them to create the pieces of work that are central to your analysis.
You should still have cited sources here. And please make sure your sources are cited appropriately in your references of bibliography section. There is some flexibility about the types of sources. In my case, I'm citing some interviews with PE members as published in popular media. Some of may want to consult published biographies if they are available for some of the context. Please speak with me if you have having trouble with this part.
Public Enemy was founded in 1986 by leader Chuck D (born Carlton Ridenhour). He says that his early influences came from from growing up in a middle class neighborhood in Long Island that was ground zero for white flight (Lynskey, 2015).
I would elaborate a bit on their founding here.
Factors that influenced the group members' group included moments of racial tension and violence in the late 1960's, 1970's and early 1980's. These include the 1968 protest by African American U.S. athletes of racial violence and injustice, shown in this image.
I would elaborate on some other contributing factors in this context. I can use the lyrics also to identify influential moments. PE frequently reference the assassination of MLK, Huey Newton, Malcom X, racial protests in Detroit in the 1980s', and other figures and moments.