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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Interview With John Hope Franklin Discussing the Kkk

For Students 9th - 10th
Historian John Hope Franklin discusses the KKK's beginnings and opposition to education for the freedmen in the period after the Civil War.
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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Explorations: Lynching

For Students 9th - 10th
Through the use of primary source documents, resource explores the lynching of blacks in the South during the Jim Crow era.
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Handout
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: 19th Century African American Legislators: 1880s Repression

For Students 9th - 10th
This several page article recounts the black legislators in the Texas Congress and their attempts to address many issues affecting the African Americans in the state. Read about the Ku Klux Klan, convict leases, and segregation on railroads