The Great American Dream and Prosperity

Define the Great American Dream related to prosperity. Connect this to 2 great literary authors: W E.B. Dubois in his book: The Souls of Black Folk and Booker T. Washington in his book: Up from Slavery. Find a current event in the past 12 month that relates to the Great American Dream and how this is still complicated in the 21st century. 8 references: the books and journals, please. thank you.