The Civil Rights Cases

This video from the series The Supreme Court details both the Court’s contribution to the end of Reconstruction and its first major dissent.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, learn about Harriet Beecher Stowe and the basis of her famous book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that documented racial injustice before the Civil War.

Late 19th-Century American Indian Clothing

Tribal arts appraiser Douglas Deihl examines a collection of American Indian clothing and objects, dating back to the 1880s and 1890s and representing several tribes, in this video from Antiques Roadshow

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A New Kind of Justice

Explore the creation, intention and language of the Fourteenth Amendment in this video from The Supreme Court.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, discover how in 1896 the Supreme Court, in a landmark case known as Plessy v. Ferguson, sanctioned segregation as long as the separate facilities were equal.

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Reconstruction and Black Education

This mini-documentary from the American Experience: "Reconstruction" Web site follows post-Civil War development of public education for African Americans in the South and the resistance it sparked.

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Reconstruction Brings White Resistance

In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, white Southerners, resentful of Reconstruction, found many ways to obstruct and deny the new freedoms held by former slaves.

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Ripley Ohio - Freedom's Landing

In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, travel to Ripley, Ohio, on the Ohio River to learn about one of the early stops on the Underground Railroad, a slave's route to freedom.

Robert Smalls: From Slavery to Politics

In this video from Slavery and the Making of America, explore the political life of Robert Smalls, the legendary U.S. Congressman from South Carolina.

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Westward Expansion, 1860–1890

This interactive map produced for Teachers' Domain tracks trends in the growth of population, transportation networks and agriculture in the United States in the 30-year period between 1860 and 1890.

Wilmington: A Peaceful City Turned Violent

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, observe how Wilmington, North Carolina, a city once characterized by peaceful race relations, turned violent with the election of 1898.

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