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Letter from Mrs. J.H. Adams, Macon, Georgia, to the Bethlehem Baptist Association in Chicago, Illinois

The text is a letter from J.H. Adams to the Bethlehem Baptist Association written in 1918.

J.H. Adams

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Religion Class Immigration

Subject

Social Studies

History

July 18, 2022

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Informational

The Fiery Cross

A Ku Klux Klan newspaper from February 1923 published in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ernest W. Reicharad, ed.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Religion

Subject

Social Studies

History

July 18, 2022

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Multimedia

NAACP Lawyer Constance Baker Motley Interviewed by Renee Poussaint (2002)

This interview with NAACP lawyer Constance Baker Motley discusses her experience at the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Renee Poussaint and Constance Baker Motley

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity

Subject

Social Studies

History

July 18, 2022

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Branding Slaves

This is an image of enslavers burning brands into the skin of people they enslaved, this engraving illustrates the way that enslaved people were treated as property.

William O. Blake

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Geography

December 13, 2017

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Visual

The History of Jamaica

The image is an 18th-century hand-drawn map of Caribbean islands and Central America with Jamaica at the center.

Edward Long

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Visual

Slave Houses, Louisiana (1853)

The drawing is a visual description that seeks to portray enslaved people as enjoying a relatively stable home life with people playing music, dancing and courting.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Multimedia

This performance of Swing Low Sweet Chariot is part of Nashville Public Television (NPT) and the Renaissance Center's presentation "Tennessee Civil War 150" a series of documentaries delving into life in Tennessee during the Civil War.

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Visual

John Canoe (Jonkonnu) Costume, Jamaica (1838)

A color lithograph image of Afro-Caribbean dress, this picture adds depth to students’ understanding of the culture of enslaved people.

Isaac Mendes Belisario

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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Visual

“Runaways” and “$200 Reward”

These are two different advertisements describing people who had escaped from slavery. They demonstrate the different treatment and valuation of enslaved people.

M. Kelly and Thos. S. Scott

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Geography

December 15, 2017

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Visual

The House That Jeff Built

This work is an extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern system of slavery. It consists of 12 vignettes with accompanying verse.

David Claypoole Johnston

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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