Library of Congress
Loc: Education, Economic and Social Progress
Text, photos, song lyrics and other primary source materials document the struggle to overcome obstacles to equal rights. Click on each image to see a larger image.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Interview With John Hope Franklin Discussing the Kkk
Historian John Hope Franklin discusses the KKK's beginnings and opposition to education for the freedmen in the period after the Civil War.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Companion to a four-part PBS series about Jim Crow has a timeline with links to significant events and people, video and audio clips from the series, and in-depth backgrounders on Jim Crow issues and impacts.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Annotation 1: Fifteenth Amendment
This resource gives the text of the Fifteenth Amendment with annotations. The paragraph on literacy tests includes information on Alabama's amendment which was clearly aimed at African Americans.
Curated OER
History Matters: Atlanta Compromise Speech, 1895
Read an excerpt from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech, in which he stresses accommodation rather than resistance as way to deal with racism. Includes a short audio clip - the only surviving recording of Washington's...
Curated OER
History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: The What and Who of Elections
Information within a Learning Adventures game and module discusses elections and voting in the U.S., including age and citizenship restrictions.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: 24th Amendment Ends Poll Tax
This 2-page article provides a brief explanation of the Poll Tax and the eventual Amendment that abolished it.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Perspectives: Time Line of African American History
Timeline of African American History which links to other timelines and a larger Library of Congress site on African American perspectives.
Other
Melanet.com: Va. Poll Tax
A summary of the Virginia Poll Tax and the woman who challenged the tax all the way to the Supreme Court and won.
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Other
Democracy and Diversity Voting Rights Quiz [Pdf]
How much do you know about who can vote in the United States? Which amendments to the Constitution govern voting rights? Take this quiz to find out.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Joins the Battle: African American Women, 1890s
See photos that are representative of the lives of African-American women at the turn of the century and read about the discrimination black women and men faced: Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and the "white primary" rule. A brief...