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Pamphlet of "Virginia Women Opposed to Suffrage"

Equal Suffrage Awaits Trial (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 3)

… as a flood of states passed their own suffrage amendments and World War I loomed. However, not all women were … moral superiority, many white women, particularly in the south, were worried that providing all women the right to … legislation was blocked by Democratic legislators from the south who dominated the politics of the region since the end …

A Century of Sanctions

… sanctions. Trump has tightened embargoes on North Korea and Iran , frozen the assets of Venezuelan leaders, and … Ethiopia , a member of the League and one of the few African nations to have escaped previous European … . The apartheid policy of the white minority government of South Africa became an early target. For a transnational …
person holding sign that says ex-felon voting bans - racist then racist now

Racial Patterns in Felony Disenfranchisement

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… laws in the U.S. have disproportionately affected the African American community. Students will be introduced to … before moving into a short lecture on the origins and history of these laws in the U.S. after the Civil War … disenfranchisement and its disproportionate effects on African Americans. To wrap up the lesson, students will …

Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis

… the "Big Dry," as they're calling it. The drop in rainfall and river flows has been most severe in the southern and eastern states (Victoria, New South Wales, … in North America, 48% in Asia, 39% in Europe, and 38% in Africa. "Water Dreamers" Yet, for all the variability built …
Cover of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North by Thomas J. Sugrue.

Movement North

Review of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue (New York: Random House, 2008)
… "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the day." -Julian Bond Thus goes the traditional narrative of the African American civil rights movement.  As most school … King inspired Northern white liberal college kids, who went South and participated in grassroots organizing, and by the …
American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837

Revisiting Long Histories of the Reparations Debate

Review of Reparations for Slavery and The Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History, by Ana Lucia Araujo (New York City: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2017)
… the nineteenth centuries, the labor of millions of enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political rulers in Europe, West Africa, and Atlantic societies. Simultaneously, formerly …
National Memorial for Peace and Justice exhibit, Montgomery AL

Confederates and Lynching in American Public Memory

… This year, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the nation’s first memorial to the over 4,000 African American victims of lynching—opened in Montgomery, …   Dr. Steven Conn  Yeah.   Dr. Hasan Jeffries  You look at South Carolina, for example, the NAACP had a ongoing …

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: America's Love Affair with the Two-Party System

… the Republican Party with a bowl of popcorn in one hand and a bourbon in the other, listening for the sounds of … bank, generated significant opposition in the Tidewater South and parts of the mid-Atlantic, as well as among those … to enfranchise, and the Democratic attempt to suppress, African-American men as voters. Democrats eventually won …
sign that states - can't vote

Why Some Votes Have Counted Less Than Others

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… This lesson plan studies the history of African-American disenfranchisement in the United States. … was common before the Civil War. Following the 13th and 14th Amendments, states enacted poll taxes and other measures to attempt to suppress African-American votes.  The article explores how voting …
The South Carolina State Capitol.

Trent Lott Should Be History

… 100th birthday party of retiring Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina: "I want to say this about my state: When … ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead, we … as the first U.S. senator from the South who hired an African American to serve on his senatorial staff.   But …
Mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll

Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… In the last year, tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, a false nuclear missile alert in Hawaii, and debates over the Iran nuclear deal have renewed public attention to the development of nuclear weapons and armament and the potential for war. But from the Cold …

The International History of the U.S. Suffrage Movement

… ; follows with numerous state campaigns, court battles, and petitions to Congress; and culminates in the marches and … rather than gradual end to slavery. Boston reformer and African American abolitionist Maria Stewart—one of the first … organized suffrage efforts in the white British colonies of South Africa, New Zealand, and South Australia, the WCTU was …
A slave owner holding a baby and a whip and a group of slaves

From Republicans to Democrats: The Changing Political Allegiance of Black Voters

Why did Black voters vote in greater numbers for Republicans in the first 70 years after the Civil War?
Grade Level
9-12
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10
11
12
Teaching Area
African American History
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
… was at the forefront of the movement to abolish slavery and to protect Black rights during Reconstruction, then why, for the past 50 years, have African Americans consistently voted at an 80% or higher … … 19th Century … 20th Century … U.S. Politics … Sports … African American History … US History to 1877 … US History …
a crowd of people holding signs. some signs read "Black Lives Matter" and "End Police Brutality" and Defund the Police"

Still Striving for a More Perfect Union in the Age of Black Lives Matter

What does Ralph Ellison see as stumbling blocks hindering Black Americans from entering the middle class? Have these stumbling blocks changed throughout time?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… of the goals of many Black Americans.  Students will read and evaluate modern source materials, explore the achievements of African Americans in the past 45 years, and view a … … Sports … Literature … Black Lives in American History … African American History … US History since 1877 … Still …
Sergeant First Class Major Cleveland points out North Korean position to his machine gun crew, 1950.

Executive Order 9981 and the Integration of the American Military

… Military. Executive Order 9981 required “equal treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services … of Truman’s Presidency but also a landmark victory for African American activists and Civil Rights leaders who had … The controversial order led to an intraparty split and Southern Democrats, called Dixiecrats, vowed to oppose …
penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Europeans had many different interactions with penguins, and these shaped how they understood what the birds were. … which were only slowly understood to be unique to the South. Featuring Ellen Arnold, an environmental historian … birds live not only in the Antarctic, but also in Southern Africa, Patagonia, the Galapagos, Australia, and New …
March on Washington

The Unfinished Struggle: Civil Rights and the March on Washington

… the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was one of the largest political … by the urgent concerns of civil and economic rights for African Americans, the initial idea for the march was … Committee), Martin Luther King, Jr. (president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference), Roy Wilkins …
"The National Game. Three Outs and One Run." Drawing depicting the four candidates of the 1860 United States presidential election (L to R): John Bell, Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and Abraham Lincoln. The artist is comparing the election to a baseball game.

The Election of 1860 and Secession — to Preserve Slavery

… of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency reached South Carolina on Nov. 8, 1860, joyful Charlestonians took to the streets as if their candidate had won. They erected liberty poles near the … History Month, who persist in claiming that some African Americans supported the breakaway republic, …

Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis

… In June 2009, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that, worldwide, … seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women bear the brunt of this food shortage. … in East Asia, Central and South America, and even in Africa. In South Africa, 30.5% of black women are obese. In …

Yemen: A Civil War Centuries in the Making

… host government continues a relentless bombing campaign and blockade targeting the 28 million Yemenis left behind. … regions. Hadi’s desperate escape from Sana’a, first to the southern Yemeni port of Aden, and then by ship to Saudi … the Middle East ; Women in the Mideast and North Africa ; and the Syrian Civil War and Arab Spring . … Asher …
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Carter Godwin Woodson

The Significance of Black History

Why are discussions centered around racism and Black history important?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
African American History
… Images … Why are discussions centered around racism and Black history important? … Sammy Ramey … US History to 1877 … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Significance of Black History …
Charlayne Hunter’s (now Hunter-Gault) admittance to the University of Georgia  -Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Black Women Breaking Barriers

What was the impact of Lucy, Hunter, and Malone on higher education?
Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… Images   … What was the impact of Lucy, Hunter, and Malone on higher education? … Ali Miller … African American History … US History since 1877 … Black …