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Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
looks at the century of segregation following the Civil War (1863-1954). "Jim Crow," a name taken from a popular 19th-century minstrel song, came to personify government-sanctioned... (WNET, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Remembering Jim Crow
is a companion to a radio documentary, and examines the system that, for much of the 20th century, barred many African Americans from their rights as U.S. citizens. Read personal... (American RadioWorks, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
features Monroe Elementary, the school attended in 1950 by third grader Linda Brown. Because she was black, Brown was barred from attending a white school much closer to her home... (National Park Service) |
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Radio Fights Jim Crow
looks at a series of radio programs aimed to mend the racial and ethnic divisions that threatened America... (American RadioWorks, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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New Kent School and the George W. Watkins School: From Freedom of Choice to Integration
looks at the 1968 Supreme Court ruling that ended a decade of resistance to school desegregation in the South (1955-1964) and triggered massive integration of schools (1968-1973). The... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Race and Place: An African American Community the Jim Crow South
recreates the contours of the African American community in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the start of this century. Narratives provide historical analysis as well as archival... (University of Virginia, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
presents a review of African-American history and culture as seen through the practice of pamphleteering. The site includes sermons on racial pride and essays on segregation, voting... (Library of Congress) |
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From Jim Crow to Linda Brown: A Retrospective of the African-American Experience, 1897-1953
helps students understand themes of African American life in the first half of the 20th century and explore to what extent the African American experience was "separate but equal."... (Library of Congress) |
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Jackie Steals Home
involves high school students in analyzing primary documents related to Jackie Robinson's breaking the color line (when he stepped onto Ebbets field on April 15, 1947) to help them... (Library of Congress) |
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Baseball and Jackie Robinson
includes a narrative presentation of early baseball photos (1860s-1920) and a timeline titled "Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson" (1860 - 1972)... (Library of Congress) |
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Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South
is a research project on African American life during the Jim Crow era (c. 1890s-1950s). It was a time of undeniable oppression and exploitation of black Americans; however, these 60... (Center for Documentary Studies, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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