The Atlanta Riot

Learn about the events leading up to the Atlanta Riot of 1906 in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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The Birth of a Nation

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith, which presents a distorted image of African Americans in the South and created a heightened atmosphere of violence upon its release.

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Conflict

This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights W.E.B. Du Bois’ criticism of Booker T. Washington for focusing on the economic advancement of blacks and accepting the injustices of Jim Crow.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: Laying the Groundwork for Integration

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, observe how Charles Hamilton Houston laid the groundwork for the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education as he documented separate and unequal conditions for black and white students in the south.

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Learn about Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of an educational institution for young African Americans, in this video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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Country Store Journals, ca. 1895

Ken Gloss, appraiser of books and manuscripts, examines a group of journals, ledgers and logbooks kept between 1893 and 1895 by the owner of a Walle Township, North Dakota country store, in this video from Antiques Roadshow.

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The Crisis: A Weapon Against Jim Crow

Learn about W.E.B. Du Bois’ crusade against American segregation and discrimination in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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Documenting Brown 2: Plessy v. Ferguson

The Supreme Court's 1896 ruling legalized the "separate but equal" doctrine that sanctioned segregation.

Getting an Education

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.

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Ida B. Wells: A Lifetime of Activism

Learn about Ida B. Wells’ life-long fight for African-American civil rights in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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The Jim Crow Years: People Who Made a Difference

In this lesson, students identify individuals who distinguished themselves and made contributions to their communities during the Jim Crow era.

The Law and Politics of Jim Crow

This lesson examines the changing legal status of African Americans after slavery, the political violence that accompanied that change, and the legal challenges to Jim Crow.

Lucy Laney

Lucy Craft Laney, a former slave who established the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, is profiled in this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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Picturing America - Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear

In this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn about the Great Migration and the aspirations of African Americans through the artists Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear.

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Picturing America - The Brooklyn Bridge

In this video from Picturing America on Screen, learn how three 20th century artists created works of art in tribute to the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Pioneer Packard Toy Pedal Car

In this video from Antiques Roadshow, appraiser of toys and games, Noel Barret, discusses the value of a toy Packard pedal car, made by Pioneer and dating from 1914.

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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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Read All About It!: The African American Press in the Jim Crow Years

In this lesson, students explore the organizational structure of newspapers and learn about the significance of the African American Press during the Jim Crow era.

Rising Negrophobia and Challenging the Lie

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow exposes the media’s use of racist imagery during the Jim Crow era and the ways African Americans challenged the lies the images portrayed.

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Students Strike at Fisk University

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow features African American students who organized the 1924 strike at Fisk University to protest attempts to make Fisk a vocational school.

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They're Coming to America: Immigrants Past and Present

In this lesson, students will explore the history of America, a nation of immigrants.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster

In this segment from The Jewish Americans learn how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire led to labor reform and workers' rights.

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Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the character of chemist Percy Julian through his struggles with racism in his education, work, and community.

Walter White: Reporting the Crime

In this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, White Walter put his life on the line passing for white to investigate the crime of lynching.

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Walter White v W.E.B. Du Bois

The philosophical differences between Walter White, General Secretary of the NAACP, and W.E.B. Du Bois, the editor of The Crisis, are highlighted in this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

Wilmington, North Carolina,1898: Prelude to a Riot

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow demonstrates that by the late 1890s, African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, had achieved social standing and economic stability equal to many whites.

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