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Understanding Black Codes and Their Impact on Freedmen
This video explores the origins and effects of Black Codes, a series of laws aimed at restricting the rights and freedoms of Black freedmen and women in the southern states. Learn how these laws maintained oppressive structures and...
Wonderscape
Andrew Johnson and the Rise of Black Codes
This video examines President Andrew Johnson's controversial role during the Reconstruction Era. After Lincoln's death, Johnson's policies, including overturning the "40 acres" order and vetoing civil rights legislation, shaped the...
Reading Through History
EOI Review: Black Codes, Jim Crow, and the Klan
In the second part of our Reconstruction video series, Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, and the Ku Klux Klan are explained. Like us on <a href='https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Facebook</a>'https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Facebook
Wonderscape
The Struggle for Equality During Reconstruction
Explore the contrasting philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois during the Reconstruction Era and their approaches to challenging Jim Crow laws. Learn about the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case and how the NAACP emerged...
Wonderscape
The Origins and Impact of Jim Crow Laws
Learn about the origins of Jim Crow laws and how they enforced racial segregation in the United States. This video traces the history from the minstrel character "Jim Crow" to the establishment of laws that restricted the freedoms of...
Curated Video
The Civil War: Events and Effects
Dr. Forrester reviews key events of the Civil War and discusses changes in the South resulting from the war.
Hip Hughes History
Jim Crow and America's Racism Explained
A social studies based video lecturing outlining the major concepts regarding Jim Crow. If there was a prerequisite it would include having a grip on the 14th amendment.
Makematic
The Impact of the Civil War
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina, marking the explosive start of the Civil War. The conflict led to short-lived progress and long-term struggles for true racial equality.
Name Explain
Where Do African American Names Come From?
National Constitution Center
14th Amendment Discussion Starter: The Black Codes
The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws were rules that served the same purpose: to restrict the rights of African Americans. Young historians watch performers read Black Code laws from different states to explain how African Americans were...
PBS
Reconstruction: The Black Codes
During the era of Reconstruction, the planter class of the South tried to replicate the time before the Civil War by squashing rights given in the Thirteenth, Fourteenths and Fifteenth amendments. Using a video clip featuring renowned...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Black Codes and Reconstruction
In the period after the Civil War in the American South, when Southern society reorganized to account for the end of slavery. In this video, Kim discusses how many Southern governments passed laws preventing African Americans from...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 2
Explains how the South responded to the end of slavery by enacting the Black Code laws that prevented African Americans from exercising the rights they had been given, e.g., voting. To combat this, Congress passed the Fourteenth...