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Panel Discusses Exhibit at Atlanta History Center on Black Citizenship During Reconstruction and Jim Crow
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: March 4, 2020 Leave a Comment on Panel Discusses Exhibit at Atlanta History Center on Black Citizenship During Reconstruction and Jim Crow
Here is an interesting discussion of Black citizenship after the Civil War. It is broadcast in conjunction with a new exhibit at the Atlanta History…
The Origin of the “Color Line” Authorizing Racial Discrimination Was in Slavery-Frederick Douglass 1881
Author: admin Published Date: January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Origin of the “Color Line” Authorizing Racial Discrimination Was in Slavery-Frederick Douglass 1881
Frederick Douglass wrote about the origin of the “Color Line” that separated the races and legislated inequality in 1881. The Color Line was not a…
Posted in African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Jim Crow White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics
The Lost Cause that Built Jim Crow: Henry Louis Gates in the NY Times
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: November 10, 2019 Leave a Comment on The Lost Cause that Built Jim Crow: Henry Louis Gates in the NY Times
Professor Henry Louis Gates has an interesting article in today’s New York Times that examines the role of the Lost Cause and Redeemer narratives in…
Posted in 14th Amendment African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts Jim Crow White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics
“Plessy v. Ferguson” Had Its Roots in the Destruction of Reconstruction: Article by David Cole
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: July 2, 2019 Leave a Comment on “Plessy v. Ferguson” Had Its Roots in the Destruction of Reconstruction: Article by David Cole
David Cole, national legal director of the ACLU and a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, has an interesting article in The Nation on the…
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