Descendants of African-Americans who began their lives in America as kidnapped slaves were then deprived of civil rights by "Jim Crow" laws. Leaders inspired others to overcome racial prejudice and legal obstacles. These stories highlight the ups and downs of black history.
Scholars disagree about the reliability of slave memoirs and oral histories.
Jim Crow Laws, named after a character in a minstrel show, become a synonym for legal segregation.
This lithograph, by John Childs, depicts “Cinque Addressing his Compatriots.” It is online via the U.S. National Archives, courtesy of the...
South Carolina History Standard 8-5.3 Successes and Failures of Reconstruction in South Carolina
Robert Newsom continuously rapes his slave, Celia.
The Supreme Court wants school desegregation to happen quickly, but it takes many years for school-integration plans to succeed.
Williams helps Fisher come to terms with his past.
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