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Cartoon - Bosses of the Senate by Joseph Keppler

Voting Restrictions in a “Democratic” United States

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… student who have completed their units on the Civil War and Reconstruction. The goal of this lesson is for students … to analyze the historical context of voter restrictions and to make connections to current day examples of voting … History … US History to 1877 … US History since 1877 … African American History … American Government … Voting …
Tommie Smith and John Carlos at 1963 Olympics raising fists in protest - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

The Black Fists Protest

Are Black Athlete protests effective at accomplishing social change?
Grade Level
9
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… social change? … Luke Zelich … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Black Fists Protest …
Lynchburg Virginia Confederate Monument

Confederate Monuments: Why Take ‘Em Down? What Do We Put Up in Their Place?

What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
US History to 1877
African American History
… Students will discuss, listen, research, and discuss the historical and current contextual factors leading to the tearing down … History … US History since 1877 … US History to 1877 … African American History … Confederate Monuments: Why Take …
Confederate monument - Photo by Fox Photos/Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Changing the Narrative

How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
African American History
… Archive/Getty Images   … How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America? … Payton Siebenaler … US History to 1877 … African American History … Changing the Narrative …
Black Americans protesting the Gilligan case - Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images

The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil Rights in Harlem 1964

How do we see the circumstances of the Gilligan case reflected in society today?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… in society today? … Tatum Wise … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil Rights in Harlem 1964 …
Sylvester receiving the RIAA Gold record for Step II, with Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes - Photo by Michael Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

“Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of Black Queerness in Music

How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s?
Grade Level
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Images   … How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s? … Julia Tosino … US History since 1877 … African American History … “Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of Black Queerness in Music …

The UN, the WHO, and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

… this backlash was perhaps concentrated on domestic matters and perceptions, Trump’s foreign policy also reflected a … states and economically marginalized nations in the Global South (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) emphasized policies dedicated to …
George Holliday's footage of Rodney King being beaten by police in 1991

The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion: “No Justice, No Peace”

… the case of four police officers charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King to a packed courtroom … in a firestorm of anti-police protest. Looting, burning, and violence lasted six days in what became the largest … verdicts, thousands of residents took to the streets of South Central Los Angeles and in front of LAPD headquarters …
The Slave Trade by Auguste Francois Biard (1833).

When Free Trade Meant Something Else

Review of Not Made by Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition, by Bronwen Everill (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020)
… capitalism. 1619 saw the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the Virginia colony, marking the beginning of a … Hannah-Jones, has brought public attention to how slavery and American capitalism grew up together and alongside the … consumption. Additionally, she highlights the role of West Africa in shaping these ideals, which makes a stark contrast …
Tilden illustration - a hand on another hand that is on a gun on a table with papers

Top Ten Origins: Other “Unprecedented” Elections in American History

… something completely new in American political history, and not always because of what the issues were or who the … border between Oregon and Canada. Expansion for the slave south, expansion for the free-labor north. Polk won the … together northern supporters of the war effort with African-American voters and southern white opponents of …
The theatrical poster for Birth of a Nation.

3/25/2015: At the Movies: "Birth of a Nation" After 100 Years

… of a Nation  was the first 12-reel film in movie history and the first movie to be screened at the White House where … Klan (KKK) as an avenging force, hooded heroes saving the South from newly freed and empowered black citizens. For example, the African American Silas Lynch is a scheming, power-hungry, …
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.

The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have once … a dangerous myth about race relations outside the South. Northern parents demanding educational equality have … schools is an issue that will not go away. The prominent African-American psychologist Kenneth Clark knew this when, …

Updating ‘No Child Left Behind:’ Change, or More of the Same

… because it promised to measure student achievement in math and reading, through regular standardized tests, and to use … developed during that time between public education and the African-American civil rights agenda. First, black … to be seriously limited. In the North as well as the South, many attended segregated schools, which, contrary to …
Statue of Samuel J. Tilden in New York City.

Presidential Electoral Controversy Nothing New in Florida

… as it did during the election of 1876. As the news media and lawyers from the Gore and the Bush campaigns converged … to contest other issues, the attention of the nation turned south. The story was much the same in 1876, when Florida was … The issue of a remedy remains unresolved. In the end, the African-American vote may again be one of the first …

We Won’t Shut up and Dribble: A Short History of Black Athletic Protest

… man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!" LeBron James in his Cleveland Cavaliers uniform, 2008. James was reacting to a … their disgust. Former WNBA star and current University of South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley tweeted, … opportunities. For example, between 1875 and 1902, eleven African American jockeys, led by Isaac Murphy, won the …
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… ongoing conflict, with millions more threatened by disease and famine. Yet for many in the West, Yemen remains a … Iran, and have used this as a cover to stake our claims in south Arabia, claims related to oil and other territorial … really was both in Yemen and across the Middle East, North Africa is that if you dismantle the one party dictatorship …
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

… How we understand policing in the United States depends not only on what … definitely a pleasure. I am Marcus Nevius, PhD candidate in African American history here at The Ohio State University. … patrols that were very common in the antebellum American South. And we know also that policing of racialized groups, …
voting button by Steve Rainwater, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0

Race and Voting, Past and Present

… Suppose an African American goes to the polls on Election Day. Although … workers turn her away. "You're black," they tell her, "and blacks can't vote." The following year, the same voter … black freedoms — especially the right to vote. "The whole South is in the hands of the very men that held us as …
W.E.B. Du Bois c. 1911

150 Years Since the Birth of W. E. B. Du Bois

… Du Bois. Although he died more than 50 years ago, his life and work command more attention now than ever before. Many … first page of Du Bois' dissertation "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in the United States: 1638–1871" ( left … who had killed his employer in an act of self-defense just southwest of Atlanta, caused Du Bois to think about …

Protestant Preaching after the Age of Graham

… many of the tributes referred to him as “America’s Pastor”—and as the person who had preached the Christian gospel to … until the 1990s) across the United States and in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 1973, Graham preached the gospel to one … the largest live crowds ever, 1.1 million people, in Seoul, South Korea. Graham once said that he was “not a great …
Glacial melt from Myrdalsjökull glacier in the south (jökull means glacier in Icelandic). Note the alluvial cones formed by volcanic ash and sediment.

A Postcard from Reykjavik: Iceland’s Volcanic History

… Humans weren’t around when volcanoes formed Iceland’s unique island landscapes some 20 million years ago. … within the last 100 years.  Glacier flowing down Iceland's southern coast;  Volcanic landscape. Recently, the … Katla sits underneath the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in the south and will trigger massive flooding when it resumes …

Yearning to Breathe Free: The American Immigration Story

… over the last several months, warning of labor shortages and a migration crisis . Despite an abundance of job … numbers of migrants have arrived to the United States’ southern border , the vast majority of whom are prevented … for laborers and looked to eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa in order to solicit their best and brightest. …
Colin Kaepernick and teammates kneeling

The Long View of Sports Protests

… in by condemning such actions, the focus dramatically expanded to questions of free speech, patriotism, and … The Ohio State University and a specialist in 20th century African American history.   Dr. Hasan Jeffries   Hi. Good to … intertwined. Looking at, you know, coming out of the south, my father was a big fan of Jim Brown and the Browns …