Lynch Mobs
Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University considers the lynchings of blacks in the South to be a "system of terror," carried out in public.
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In this four-minute episode of PBS's "History Detectives," Charlotte Brooks, speaks about the relationship between Chinese immigrants and the white populations with which they came into contact in the U.S. Topics covered include the transition from violence to non-violent discrimination, the simultaneous romanticization and distrust of the Chinese, the lack of Chinese legal standing, and the way in which the arrival of Japanese and Filipino immigrants altered the social standing of the Chinese.
Teachers should be aware that the term tong is never defined within the talk. It essentially refers to Chinese organized crime groups within early Chinatowns. The violence and disparity of the anecdotes called to attention in this discussion render it better suited to middle or high school students, rather than an elementary audience.
Brooks holds a BA in Chinese history, as well as a MA and PhD in American history. She currently teaches at Baruch College, and primary academic interests include Asian American history, politics, and community in California.
The U.S. Department of Justice takes another look at the Emmett Till case in which a 14-year-old African-American boy was brutally murdered by two white men in Mississippi.
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Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University considers the lynchings of blacks in the South to be a "system of terror," carried out in public.
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University of Pennsylvania professor Steven Hahn examines the violent phenomenon of lynching, which saw an enormous rise in the Reconstruction period in the South.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Ku Klux Klan, organized in the late 1860s to deny rights to southern blacks. The organization began with threats and quickly incorporated violence.
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Divided We Fall is the first feature-length independent documentary about hate violence in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Filmmaker Valarie Kaur documented stories in the Sikh, Muslim, and Arab American communities. Over the next five years, Kaur's journey unfolded into a larger exploration of "who counts as American." In 2005, Sharat Raju and his film crew joined Valarie as she retraced her steps across the country, revisiting her original interviewees and other scholars, lawyers, and legislators about race, religion, and security in post-9/11 America. The screening is free and open to the public. It will include a showing of the film and comments by Dr. Jaideep Singh, co-founder of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Assistant Professor in Department of Ethnic Studies, CSUEB, and Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies and by Neha Singh, Western Region Director of the Sikh Coalition, Fremont. A question-answer period with panelists will end the program
How can educators use history to help inform students about the treatment of gays and lesbians in the past and today, and how are schools responding to name-calling, bullying, ostracism, and outright violence against our communities? In this session, participants will examine examples from history, including the treatment of homosexuals under the Nazi regime, to help guide the conversation.
This is a two-day workshop for Boston Public Schools teachers who will be teaching the Civil Rights Movement in their 10th-grade U.S. History courses. The seminar will focus on three units: "The murder of Emmett Till," "Voting Rights: From Selma to Montgomery," and "Desegregation of Boston Schools." All BPS Teachers must also register with the Boston Public Schools at www.mylearningplan.com.
NBC Narrator Rosalind Jordan looks back at the story of Emmett Till, who was 14 when he left Chicago to visit his family in the segregated South. Two white men accused Till of making a pass at Bryant's wife, Carolyn, and Till was brutally murdered.
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Katie Couric looks back at the day that the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed in Birmingham, AL. After the bodies of four girls are found buried in the rubble, the crime becomes a turning point in the struggle for civil rights.
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