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Letter from Ida B. Wells to President Wilson
Letter from Ida B. Wells to President Wilson
Would your students believe that the President of the United States wrote an order to black officers and soldiers to stay away from public places where their presence was resented? If you believe that - do you teach it? This letter from Ida B Wells might be the vehicle to do that
Letter from Ida B. Wells to President Wilson
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? | EDSITEment
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? | EDSITEment
In this lesson, students view archival photographs, combine their efforts to comb through a database of more than 2,000 archival newspaper accounts about race relations in the United States, and read newspaper articles written from different points of view about post-war riots in Chicago.
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? | EDSITEment
"Let Us Reason Together": W. E. B. Du Bois Defends Black Resistance
"Let Us Reason Together": W. E. B. Du Bois Defends Black Resistance
In an editorial immediately following the Chicago race riot of 1919, Crisis editor W. E. B. Du Bois argued in favor of acts of self-defense and armed resistance, despite the editorial's conciliatory title, "Let Us Reason Together."
"Let Us Reason Together": W. E. B. Du Bois Defends Black Resistance
"A Crowd of Howling Negroes": The Chicago Daily Tribune Race Riot, 1919
"A Crowd of Howling Negroes": The Chicago Daily Tribune Race Riot, 1919
The Chicago Daily Tribune, long considered the most antagonistic of all the city's papers toward African Americans, detailed the day's violence, the good deeds of white policemen who were sent to Chicago's South Side, and the injuries they sustained at the hands of black rioters.
"A Crowd of Howling Negroes": The Chicago Daily Tribune Race Riot, 1919