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Mississippi Miscegenation Laws
This document lists in chronological order the evolution of Mississippi miscegenation laws between 1865 and 1942.
![Black man waiting at bus station in the colored section during segregation](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/12_Jim_Crow_Durham_NC.jpg?h=2a400454&itok=S2DapbD9)
The Brown Decision
This document gives students the immediate historical context of the Till murder by summarizing the segregationist reaction to the Brown decision and the emergence of White Citizens’ Councils in Mississippi.
![ca. May 1954, Washington, DC, USA --- Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie sit on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nettie explains to her daughter the meaning of the high court's ruling in the Brown Vs. Board of Education case that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/brown__v_board_BE048007.jpg?h=a2c2cdfd&itok=NfTipnEa)
Quotes from the Mississippi Constitutional Convention 1890
This source includes quotes from delegates at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention asserting the desire to create a government to uphold white supremacy.
![Session of Mississippi Legislature, Constitutional Convention](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Legislature_of_the_State_of_Mississippi_%281890%29.png?h=80e0f324&itok=x3HyWSeM)
African American and White Voter Registration in Louisiana (1878 -2010)
This graph shows the strategies that white Southern legislators used to disenfranchise African Americans during the Jim Crow era.
![Demonstrators at the March on Washington holding signs](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Marchers_with_signs_at_the_March_on_Washington%2C_1963.jpg?h=2baf552d&itok=8B1HeAKT)
60 Minutes: The Murder of Emmett Till
In 2004, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley reported on the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
![60 Minutes: The Murder Of Emmett Till Video](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/60_minutes_emmett-till-screenshot%20%281%29.jpg?h=624cfbab&itok=UZVrvtUv)
The Murder of Emmett Till
This PBS documentary details how the murder and the trial of Emmett Till helped mobilize the civil rights movement.
![Emmett Till](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/murder-emmett-till-screenshot.jpg?h=1c55cd43&itok=gSQTX5Bf)
Where I'm From Brainstorm
Use the handout below to help students create their very own “Where I’m From” poem.
Race and Racism
Have students annotate and reflect on scholar George Fredrickson's definition of race.
![Black ink etching on white paper with the words "I do not always feel colored" written repeatedly. The ink gets smudged and illegible toward the end](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/D11335_Medium_res.jpg?h=38731381&itok=Jh7iUy6T)
Creating "We and They": Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how and why humans create a “we and they” distinction.
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Positive-Negative Line Graph
Students practice character analysis by charting important events in the life of a character.
![Positive-Negative Line Graph Template Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/PositiveNegativeLineGraph.png?h=d3d13267&itok=OSJc5xpy)
Character Map
This graphic organizer will help students create annotated illustrations of a fictional or historical character.
![Teaser of Character Map Document](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/CharacterMap.png?h=d3d13267&itok=6mMK20RJ)